The Market
Buyers & tenants ‘remaining calm’ but landlords cutting rents, reports London agency
There's a lot less panic this time around, says Chestertons
What does a second Lockdown in England mean for the housing market?
"It will be difficult to sustain the current [property market] momentum through to the year end," warns Savills' research chief Lucian Cook, as he looks at the potential ramifications of England's second…
Ranked: London’s ‘hottest’ £5m+ addresses in 2020
Analysis of (albeit limited) Land Registry data ranks Grosvenor Square at the most expensive address so far this year, and Chelsea Barracks as the ‘most popular’ amongst high-end buyers...
Borough by Borough: London living in 7 heatmaps
CBRE has measured seven metrics to map London's housing and lifestyle hotspots.
BoE keeps interest rates at 0.1%
The latest from the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee highlights the brutal impact of the Coronavirus on the UK's economy.
Edinburgh property prices hit a record high
“I’ve never seen anything like it," says Edward Douglas-Home, head of Scotland residential at Knight Frank.
‘Que Sera, Sera…’: The future of the property market’s not ours to see
The entire property industry held its breath when the market reopened in March, but what happened next surprised even the most seasoned of agents, writes Saul Empson...
More overseas investors happy to buy ‘sight unseen’, says PCL agency
22% of the acquisitions carried out by LCP so far this year have been ‘blind’ purchases by overseas investors, driven by ‘bottom of market pricing’.
Country house price inflation hits a four-year high, ‘driven by a race for space post-lockdown’
“Despite a challenging economic outlook, people’s desire to get on with their lives after years of political uncertainty followed by lockdown has seen the property market continue to defy gravity,"…
Government letter to the housing industry: Carry on building & moving
"House building – and its supply chains that support it - should continue working securely" through the November Coronavirus lockdown, say the Housing Secretary, Home Builders Federation and Federation…
Watch: Top buying agents discuss what’s really happening in the PCL & country markets
Buying agents from Black Brick, Garrington and Property Vision were on hand to provide Coutts' clients with some valuable insight in recent webinar.
The ‘marching morons’ of the residential property market
Neurotic lenders are acting as a chicane on the markets, vents Trevor Abrahmsohn