The Market
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
Your essential five-minute briefing on the latest movements and commentary, featuring data and analysis from Beauchamp Estates, Savills, Haringtons, Knight Frank, Lomond, Zoopla & more...
Government seeks views on EPC overhaul
Proposals include replacing the existing single energy performance rating with four new headline metrics, and shortening the time period for which EPCs are valid.
Why London’s Golden Postcodes are still a safe bet for UHNW buyers in uncertain times
Fresh forecasts released this week have predicted another challenging year ahead for the PCL property market. Yet, as buying agent Toby Downes explains, the world's elite purchasers are thinking big-picture.
Governors, Chancellors & Second-Guessing: Lucian Cook on how the Budget changed the prime property market
Decisions made in Number 11 Downing Street have been felt 'particularly keenly' at the top of the housing market in 2024, says Lucian Cook, Head of Residential Research at Savills, as he reflects on a…
Berkeley outlines £7bn ten-year plan as profits dip
Housebuilder is forging ahead with the creation of 'market-leading' built-to-rent platform.
Trending keywords & most-viewed listings: Zoopla’s 2024 in review
As the market outlook brightens, property portal Zoopla has opened its data banks to highlight some of the key user trends & buyer behaviours of the past 12 months.
Buyers bag price discounts as Stamp Duty hike looms
'The chance of a sale agreed in December reaching completion before next April [when Stamp Duty bills will go up] is now close to a coin flip,' warns Hamptons.
Prime Central London property prices likely to fall 4% next year, suggests Savills
Top-end residential markets are set to under-perform mainstream UK housing, says top consultancy.
High-end vendors holding back til next year, reports buying agency
There is a 'clear distinction' between the availability of sub-£5mn & £5mn-plus properties in PCL right now, says Eccord.
Ranked: Britain’s happiest places to live in 2024, according to Rightmove
A Suffolk town has usurped a London borough in the property portal's annual rundown.
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 48, 2024
5% fewer sales were agreed across the capital's prime postcodes in Week 48 2024 than in Week 47, and 6% fewer than in the same seven day period last year
Country market sees sharp drop in top-end transactions
Political & economic uncertainty hit prime property markets in 2024, but a spring rebound is on the horizon.