The Market
‘There doesn’t need to be a recession to dampen the mood in the UK housing market’ – Knight Frank
Knight Frank's research team assesses what the Bank of England's slashed forecasts mean for the property market.
Number of £500k house price hotspots up 50% since the start of the pandemic
One in six local areas across Britain now has an average house price in excess of £500,000, says Savills.
Heatmapped: London bounces back
After a period in the doldrums, prices across Greater London are now rising at their fastest rate since June 2016, reports Acadata
William Carrington: On interest rates, inflation & the coming market slowdown
There is a lot of bad news out there right now and the property market will not be immune from interest rate rises and inflation, writes LonRes chairman William Carrington…
‘Little evidence of house price inflation losing much momentum’ – RICS
"It seems that limited supply available on the market, coupled with steady demand growth, are still the overriding drivers of house prices," says the RICS' chief economist.
Agency reports ‘sense of urgency’ in London market as more interest hikes loom
Sales enquiries across Chestertons’ 32 branches were up by 39% last month
Planning Reform & Levelling Up: What is the government planning to do this year?
Last year's "radical" Planning Bill is long gone, replaced with watered-down reforms that promise local referenda on planning decisions and a few other tweaks.
Ranked: Britain’s top 10 seaside property price hotspots
Coastal homes have seen asking prices rise by 13.9% on average over the last year, outpacing the national average of 9.9%.
Country house market picks up pace as sellers ‘sense a slowdown’
“Having taken stock during the first three months of the year people are now coming to market and being decisive," says Russell Grieve, office head at Knight Frank Haslemere.
Returning demand for prime London property means competitive bidding and price rises
London living is certainly back in fashion, writes David Johnson, but the acute supply and demand imbalance is making for challenging buying conditions…
Government outlines ‘the biggest change to renters law in a generation’
The Renters Reform Bill promises a "new deal" for England's 4.4 million private rented households, says Downing Street.
Opening of Parliament heralds planning and rental reforms
There's not a lot of detail to go on, but early property industry reactions to the latest proposed planning reforms have been less than positive.