The Market

"Wealth creation in 2020 appears to have been completely detached from the economic woes resulting from Covid-19," says the author of Credit Suisse's new Wealth Report.

Analysis of government figures reveals the areas where average new-build prices are as much as double those of the existing market.

The number of properties sold in the first five months of 2021 was the highest total for seven years, reports LonRes, but demand is generally not outstripping supply…

Infography: London's super-prime property market in seven charts.

Those looking to build in some of London’s most expensive postcodes will need to show how their plans protect local environments.

Asking prices have increased in every region, reports Rightmove, with larger homes seeing the highest rate of property price inflation.

Bringing capital gains tax rates in line with income tax 'would not raise enough for the political pain it would cause'

‘The majority of tenants registering with us now see their return to the office as imminent’, reports Chestertons

Most affluent property buyers are "undeterred" by the looming end of the Stamp Duty holiday, says Savills, but the pandemic is likely to leave "a legacy of changed priorities" amongst home-buyers.

“The outlook for the super-prime London market remains fairly positive at present," says Benham and Reeves boss Marc von Grundherr.

April saw UK house price growth slow for the first time since July 2020, according to the official index.

New Zealand, Canada, Sweden, the UK and US are amongst the world's "frothiest" housing markets, according to new analysis, with high price-to-rent and price-to-income ratios.