The Market

Knight Frank has identified five key locations in the UK that are most primed for major residential development in the coming years.

“There is a large pipeline of sales to complete by Christmas and the 31 March 2020," says Zoopla's insight chief "– with an average 100 days to complete an agreed sale those looking to beat the stamp…

“Whilst the increased activity is undoubtedly a great boost for the property market both in strengthening prices and volumes, many of these transactions were predicated on the reduction in stamp duty…

London is likely to see the slowest rate of property price inflation in the coming years, according to some analysis of various property market forecasts.

The new-build market is like any other market, says buying agent Charlie Ellingworth - there are the excellent, the good, the indifferent, and stuff that you wouldn’t want to touch with the proverbial…

'The creaks in the system may start to get louder', warns agency, as looming SDLT deadlines add further strain to a short-staffed conveyancing system...

"Modern London is the wild west of the global property market," writes Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins and parts of it are defaced and dying as a result."

In a reversal of last year's trend, new Rightmove data tells us that TfL Zone 6 has seen the biggest increase in property demand, while Zone 1 has seen the smallest rise compared to last year.

The last quarter has pulled the market out of the abyss, but surveyor Eric Curran is now seeing prices being offered that will certainly not be recoverable in the foreseeable future...

London's average property price has escalated back to its 2017 high, according to the latest official UK House Price Index.

Chestertons has reported a 45% increase in new tenancies in London this September compared to last - but supply is running high, forcing many more landlords to cut rents.

Hybrid & online agents boosted their share of new instructions significantly in Q3, reports TwentyCi, but are yet to make much of a dent in the prime market...