The Market
Global Buyer Survey: Five trends to watch
Knight Frank is tipping these 'nascent' trends to emerge as a result of the pandemic...
Global Buyer Survey: What impact has Covid-19 had on resi buyers’ attitudes?
Key takeaways from the latest canvassing of Knight Frank’s worldwide applicant base, revealing just how much expectations, considerations and motivations have changed in 2020...
Why the Government’s planning reforms are not all they seem…
Expectations around the Government’s ‘radical’ new reforms were high, but on closer inspection they remind Adam Hesse of the story of the Emperor’s New Clothes...
Amberfield land & more MMC: RICS pitches policies to drive ‘long-term improvements to the housing market’
Surveyors call for a new "Amberfield" land classification, more modular housing, and further interventions into planning and development, home ownership and the private rented sector.
Lifestyle buyers plough into UK farmland market
Savills' rural team reports a surge in demand for lifestyle/amenity farms amid a continuing shortage of supply...
Strutt & Parker stands by 2020 property price forecasts, despite plunging transaction numbers
Average UK house prices are likely to drop by anything from 1% to 7% this year, predicts Strutt & Parker - although the short-term impact "could be much gloomier" in some parts of Prime Central London.
Winkworth reports busiest July in five years
100-office network notes a ‘significant recovery in sales interest’ as Chancellor’s stamp duty holiday ‘turbo-charges’ the market
Post-lockdown bargain-hunters warned of ‘stiff competition’
'For now, prices are heading in one direction', says Knight Frank
‘Planning revolution’ could mean automatic approval for many housing developments
"New homes, hospitals, schools, shops and offices will be allowed automatically", says the Housing Secretary, as he outlines a new Zonal planning system.
Virtual auctions are delivering real results, reports Savills
Agency hosts most successful July auction since 2017, raising £32m with an 82% success rate; live-stream format resulting in higher average sold price versus traditional ballroom events, says team...
Lloyds downgrades house price forecasts, again
Lender’s base case scenario now shows a decline of 6% for this year, instead of the 5% being forecast in April.
How the rise of the ‘digital commuter’ is redrawing the property market map
“The Covid crisis has pushed the property market into a hard reset," says Jonathan Hopper of Garrington Property Finders.