The Market
Scotland’s prime property market set to stay hot in 2022
“We’ve seen significant competition for homes throughout the year and I can’t see that changing in 2022,” says Edward Douglas-Home, head of Scottish residential at Knight Frank.
Country houses out-performed in 2021, but PCL’s property market is primed to ‘bounce rapidly’ this year
Savills expects prime regional price growth to moderate this year, while Prime Central London prices feel ready to surge upwards.
London’s super-prime resi market to boom in 2022 as agents line up £100m mega-listings
Around half a dozen homes valued at up to £100m are due to be listed for sale in the coming months.
Mortgage lending bounces to nearer-normal levels
67,000 home purchase mortgages were approved in November, according to the Bank of England; the lowest figure since June 2020, but near the 12-month average up to February 2020.
Prime London rental growth hits a decade high as ‘lockdown trends continue to reverse’
Savills and Knight Frank have both reported surging rental prices in Prime London, as tenants return to town.
‘Vintage year’ for the prime country house market as top-end prices surge 20%
“I’ve never known a time like it in 30-plus years," says Rupert Sweeting, head of national country sales at Knight Frank.
Omicron puts prime London’s property market ‘at a crossroads’
Property prices in prime outer London are rising at their fastest pace since February 2016, according to Knight Frank's latest index.
Coastal communities ‘may need to build back to better places’ away from flood zones, warns Environment Agency
“We’re going to have to keep assessing whether we can, as a whole, as a country, afford to protect different parts of the landscape," says EA chief Emma Howard Boyd - suggesting the some communities…
‘Love at first sight’ for over two-thirds of home movers
Almost half of Brits trust their own judgement when it comes to choosing their next home, says Savills
Londoners spent a record amount on homes outside the capital in 2021
"2021 is likely to mark the largest outmigration from London for at least a generation," says Hamptons' research chief.
‘2022 has to be the year to educate and understand each other and promote diversity and equal opportunity’
Priya Rawal, founder of the Luxury Property Forum, shares her insights on the prime residential industry and predictions for the year ahead.
UK Residential Property Market: 2021 in numbers
Knight Frank presents the 12 numbers of 2021...