The Market

"As the PCL market begins to pick up momentum there is still a degree of discrepancy between the performance of houses and flats," says LCP boss Andrew Weir - "pointing towards the investment opportunities…

Under draft proposals, property owners in the Scottish capital will soon need planning permission to be able to operate short-term lettings - but the lack of clarity around the restrictions is making it…

London House reports super-prime demand spiking in ‘London’s coolest neighbourhood’, and confirms the sale of one of the last big-ticket properties on the open market…

The BoE's Monetary Policy Committee has raised the base rate of interest by 0.25%, to the highest level since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The breakneck pace of early 2021 has not been matched, but last month's deal volumes were still up by nearly a third on February 2019;

A "toxic combination of factors" has created the "worst planning environment in a generation", says Aston Mead boss Adam Hesse, as local authority plans are delayed yet again...

'This level of interest is something we haven’t ever seen before', reports Savills London Private Office

Foreign owners of UK property have six months to comply with new registration documents, as the Economic Crime Bill completes its fast-track passage through parliament.

It turns out the ‘new normal’ is an elevated version of the pre-pandemic market, observes the portal's CEO Jason Tebb

“Taxing landlords out of the market serves only to cut supply, increase rents and make homeownership more difficult to afford," says the National Residential Landlords Association.

"I want to explore an option which would allow us to use the homes and properties of sanctioned individuals – as long as they are sanctioned – for humanitarian and other purposes," said Michael Gove…

In a market so driven by sentiment, a discernible dent in demand might be expected given the current economic and political backdrop - but it hasn’t materialised yet...