The Market
Londoners on the move: How ‘rebalancing priorities’ are influencing the decisions of four key London buyer types
Savills' research team has profiled four key London buyer types and how their changing wants and needs are impacting the prime residential markets.
Transaction numbers likely to end the year 15% down, predicts Knight Frank
"This does not feel like a re-run of 2008/09 for the UK property market," says Knight Frank, as it forecasts minimal property price drops against a complex economic backdrop.
‘The time to act is now’: On environmental change & the built environment
Climate change is bound to have a powerful effect on the property market in the coming years, writes James Horgan, and for investors, owners and private buyers, the time to act is now...
Speedy home-sales pick up as Stamp Duty holiday boosts the market
One in seven homes listed since the Stamp Duty holiday was announced in July sold within a week, says Rightmove, up from one in ten during the same time last year.
Offers accepted hit an all-time high in London during August
Another report on the post-lockdown Summer buying flurry, as Knight Frank reports "few signs of the high levels of demand we’re been experiencing since the market reopened abating."
What clients really want to know about the market right now
Is everyone moving to the country?; what is happening to prices?; and is there anything to buy?
‘Covid-19 has increased the desire to move home, with more space the key driver’ for prime buyers
The latest Savills buyer survey reveals "a greater urgency in the desire to move home", allowing the top-end estate agency to predict that the current surge in buying activity will continue beyond the…
Mapped: London’s top-selling prime & super-prime postcodes so far this year
1,348 residential property sales went through above £1m in London in the first half of this year, according to some analysis by Enness.
Listen: Buying & selling agents discuss market realities in 2020
SP Property Group’s Jo Eccles & Knight Frank’s Tim Hyatt exchange insights in prime resi-focused podcast...
Mapped: Britain’s hottest property sales markets
375 of the 378 local authorities across the UK saw more agreed sales this Summer than last, says Savills, with both London's commuter zone and more rural locations seeing sharp rises in property market…
Average house prices nudged up by 0.3% in May – UK HPI
The average UK house price increased by 2.9% over the year to May 2020, up from 2.7% in April, according to the latest official UK HPI update.
Agents are marketing their best instructions quietly to avoid being ‘inundated’, reports buying agency
Selling firms are aiming to attract only the 'hottest' purchasers, says Stacks, as demand continues to soar...