The Market

Savills saw more new-build homes reservations in Q3 this year than in any previous quarter on record, while development land buyers focus on smaller sites.

PCL's £5m+ transaction volumes are 12% up on last year's levels, with Q3 proving the strongest quarter in five years; ‘these are results that nobody could have anticipated’, says Savills...

Buyers from across the Channel jump to the top of Knight Frank’s international buyer rankings, while purchases by Chinese nationals almost halve in ‘major shift’...

There's been a "rebalancing of the market between London and the country", says Savills, as the capital lags a sharp increase in £1m+ sales across the UK.

The latest RIBA sentiment survey tells of a mixed picture for the architecture industry.

Look beyond the "mini boom" property press headlines, and there's "a complex and polarised market with significant differences based on location, property type and sector of the market," says national…

"Anyone worried about the future of city life should take reassurance from the 21% increase in under 30-year olds starting new tenancies compared with the same period prior year," notes the CEO of London…

Knight Frank reports that £1.13bn was spent on £10m+ homes in London in the first eight months of this year - 16% more than the £977.5m recorded in 2019.

New instructions have been running at double the levels of last year and more properties have been going under offer, but transaction volumes are taking a while to catch up...

Britain slips down to 22nd position in the International Tax Competitiveness Index, and is now ranked 33rd out of 36 on property taxes...

Over a third of the UK's high-end international mortgage activity has come from UAE-based buyers, according to some analysis by broker Enness.