The Market

Grand five-bed with two master suites is gunning for over £4,600 psf

The coronavirus has exposed an underlying weakness within the world economy, and it will be several weeks before we find out the impact on the market, writes James Wyatt...

The conveyancing market experienced a rocky ride in the first few months of the year, diving from a post-election bounce to a lockdown freeze.

It took an average of five days longer to let a home in April 2020 compared to April 2019, but rental demand "has now almost recovered to pre-lockdown levels," says Hamptons International.

There is a palpable frisson in the newly re-opened London market, write Richard & Sophie Rogerson, but significant challenges lie await as we enter uncharted territory...

'It has become clear that the market will spring back to life more forcefully than most people would have imagined only a few of weeks ago,' says Knight Frank's sales boss James Clarke

Rightmove points to some big potential changes in the post-pandemic property market, as many people "re-appraise their housing needs".

Charlie Ellingworth and the Property Vision team take a measured look at what the Covid-19 recovery could look like for the UK's economy and real estate sector.

Robert Jenrick has penned a blog post for Zoopla to "share his vision for restarting the housing market" with the industry.

Beauchamp Estates, Dexters & Winkworth describe 'manic' scenes as the housing market restarts, but Chestertons warns 'this is not a return to normality'

RICS' measure of new residential property instructions fell to its lowest level on record in April (since at least April 1999).

Property portal traffic jumped by 45% on Wednesday morning, as the Government eased the Coronavirus lockdown and made a surprise move to re-open the housing market; email enquiries to agents leapt by 70%.