The Market
The Times: Is buyer FOMO the reason house prices are so high?
In this piece for the Times, Carol Lewis investigates the psychological drivers behind the current housing market boom, which has wrong-footed even the most seasoned of analysts and forecasters.
Life Moves: How home buyer attitudes have evolved (& endured)
Commutability and community remain the key factors for home-buyers in the UK, says Strutt & Parker, after quizzing some 2,000 people about what they want from their next home and how they want to live…
Ranked: Top 20 seaside locations for London relocators
Ramsgate, Broadstairs and Margate are the best seaside locations for Londoners looking to move to the coast, according to some new research...
The view from Knightsbridge: Has PCL turned a corner?
Those hanging on in the hope of buying at the bottom of the market may have missed the boat, says Nic Pejacsevich...
PCL transaction volumes hit a record low last year
New analysis shows that fewer than 60 properties were changing hands each week in 2020.
144% jump in Hong Kong buyers in London
Since July 2020, Hong Kong nationals have accounted for an estimated 4% of London market activity, up from just 1% in the same period the previous year.
Top-end country house prices have soared by 16% in the last year
Country homes valued at £5m+ saw average prices surge by 7.3% in Q1, taking the annual rate of price inflation to a blistering 15.8%.
Mortgage approvals jump 13%
Net mortgage lending reached an all-time high in March.
Planning reform to be given key billing in the Queen’s Speech
Government to push ahead with "radical" reforms to create "a whole new planning system for England."
Supply squeeze is a ‘short-term distortion’
Bumpy exit from the pandemic tells us very little about how the property market is going to perform over the next 12 months, says Knight Frank.
Stamp Duty data shows surge in £500k+ property sales
Just over a third (36%) of residential transactions were liable for SDLT in the opening three months of this year, compared to two-thirds (67%) in the same period in 2020.
Ranked: Britain’s property price inflation hotspots
Rightmove has done some more analysis of the "frenetic" housing market, identifying which locations have seen the highest rates of price growth in the last year, and revealing that around a quarter of…