The Market
Knight Frank revises PCL rental forecasts as market starts to shift
Values have now fallen by -8.1% in a year in the capital's most expensive postcodes - the biggest fall over a 12-month period in more than a decade - but the agency sees a turnaround on the cards in 2021...
Pass on the parcel: End the sale of ‘pipe dream’ land
Aston Mead's Land & Planning Director Adam Hesse is calling for ban on the sale of "pipe dream" parcels of land to naïve investors who hope to build homes on them.
The Price of Beauty: How much more does it cost to live in a National Park or AONB?
Living in an area celebrated for its landscape and nature comes at a price, says Knight Frank, as the firm reveals the average property price premiums for the UK's National Parks and Areas of Outstanding…
Price growth returns to Prime Central London, but the recovery is ‘still fragile’
Knight Frank has just recorded a quarterly uplift in average PCL prices for the first time since February, but don't call it a bounce...
Housing market activity ‘continues at strong pace’, but the longer-term outlook is ‘increasingly negative’ – RICS
Surveyors across the UK reported a continued rise in demand, supply, prices and agreed sales in September - but the consensus is that things will turn in the next 12 months...
Property searches surge in smaller communities as country escape continues
Country towns and villages are seeing a much bigger rise in property searches than major cities, reports Rightmove.
Buyers can save 10% off a central London property with good timing, says top agency
Upcoming political crunch dates could serve up big opportunities for those in tune with the currency markets, notes Knight Frank...
Rents rise in the prime commuter belt but fall in London, as tenants ‘make real lifestyle changes as a result of Covid-19’
Savills has revised its prime rental price forecasts. Prime London rents are now expected to fall by 3% this year, with inflation of +7.6% over the next five years.
Developer loses £10m property empire in ‘milestone’ UWO case
Leeds-based businessman surrenders 45 assets - including properties in Chelsea and Knightsbridge - following 'groundbreaking' NCA investigation.
Property prices continue to rise – UK HPI
Today's UK HPI brings the official house price index back up to speed following the Spring Coronavirus lockdown hiatus. It tells of a 0.5% rise in average prices through July.
Busting the London ‘exodus’ myth
Business has been booming for regional agents since lockdown restrictions were lifted in May, but Londoners need to consider whether moving out to the shires is sustainable in the long-term, warn Camilla…
Johnson vows to turn ‘generation rent into generation buy’ in ‘the biggest expansion of home ownership since the 1980s’
Prime Minister pitches fixed-rate mortgages of up to 95% loan-to-value for first time buyers.