The Market

London's NW3 is the most valuable postcode of the year so far, with £262.5m-worth of residential property changing hands.

"Something that was seen as a luxury before has become essential": With insights from Property Vision, Thea Carroll, Garrington, Haringtons, Prime Purchase and Stacks, PrimeResi explores how property buying…

Buyers in search of a hefty discount should head to Lambeth, Hammersmith & Fulham, Camden, RBKC and Wandsworth, suggests London agency.

“Rental markets look set to be subdued for the rest of 2021," says Savills as its World Cities rental price index returns to positive growth, but the longer-term outlook is more positive.

London leavers bought 85% more homes outside the capital in the first half of this year than in H1 2019.

The annual rate of house price inflation across the OECD group of rich nations hit 9.4% in Q1 2021 - a 30-year high.

Buying agency Haringtons is reporting "a huge influx" of demand for large furnished rental properties in prime London, as families are forced out of their homes by the recent flooding.

In a typical year, only around half of properties listed for sale on Rightmove successfully find a buyer. That has jumped to nearly 70% in the last year or so.

Nearly £18m has been donated by 154 individuals and companies with property interests since Johnson became PM, according to the analysis of Electoral Commission data by the FT

Net mortgage borrowing reached an all-time high of £17.9 billion in June, according to the Bank of England - smashing the previous record, set in March 2021, of £11.5bn.

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"We expect super-prime sales to end 2021 on a high," says Knight Frank, as it flags a significant jump in US$10m+ deals across seven major global wealth hubs so far this year.