The Market

The consensus amongst surveyors is that renewed property market momentum following the extension of the Stamp Duty holiday will be "sustained over the near term."

Many investors are switching from buy-to-let into commercial, says James Horgan, as he runs us through the key drivers behind the shift - and the kind of opportunities that lie in store on the other side..

As a transparency measure, the Government is set to introduce a Register of People with Significant Control over Overseas Companies owning UK real estate

Following a return to a 1970s-style market dominated by domestic buyers, we can expect an influx of international investment this year - particularly from Asia - as lockdown measures ease across the world, …

Resi and lifestyle buyers have been picking up swathes of spectacular countryside amid the pandemic.

Aston Chase estimates a refurbished entrance can boost values in older apartment buildings by up to 15%.

Favourable exchange rates and the stamp duty holiday have spurred many into action.

Demand in the £5,000 per week range hasn’t been dented by the pandemic, reports Knight Frank, although travel restrictions have kept a lid on deal volumes so far in 2021.

Properties in some areas are finding buyers significantly more quickly than they were a year ago, reports Zoopla.

Another agency is reporting a significant pick-up in top-end rental activity.

WC1H in Bloomsbury offers the ‘biggest property price bargain’, according to Benham & Reeves.

‘New Zealand is innovating again’, writes David Smith in this opinion piece for the Times looking at how the Ardern government is dealing with a soaring real estate market.