The Market
‘Balance returns’ to the property market as supply picks up
Knight Frank reports that "after an initial burst of demand following the re-opening of the market on 13 May, the number of new sellers has risen and the ratio between supply and demand has normalised.
‘We can see the first green shoots of a recovery’: Mishcon’s James Liffen on the current state of the property market
"We can see the first green shoots of a recovery," writes James Liffen of Mishcon de Reya as he takes stock of the property sector's current situation, "but think it may be some time before the prime and…
Property investor-developers have reduced intended UK spend by £1.2bn, says the BPF
The British Property Federation has published a "Covid-19 recovery roadmap", suggesting that Stamp Duty be temporarily cut for institutional build-to-rent investors, and a reduction of VAT on residential…
PCL Notes: On the two-tier market, localisation & the Autumn gamble
We may be in the middle of the worst economic crisis in living memory, but certain properties are still being fought over in Prime Central London, reports buying agent Karim Bazzi
Johnson unveils ‘most radical planning reforms since WW2’
PM pledges to ‘make it easier to build better homes where people want to live’ by cutting red tape and addressing ‘newt-counting delays’
‘Property tycoons gave Tories more than £11m in less than a year’
Ranked: The Conservative Party's biggest donors from the property sector
Capital Revalue: Don’t write London off just yet…
Going by recent reports, you’d think most of London had upped sticks in search of rural idylls;
Urban villages set to outperform as post-pandemic buyers seek ‘best of both worlds’
Savills does not foresee a wholesale exodus to the countryside...
Watch: Savills, Black Brick & Maurice Turnor Gardner on the resi market’s ‘summer boom’
Latest FORA webinar features ground-level insight from Savills’ head of prime resi Lindsay Cuthill, Black Brick boss Camilla Dell & MTG’s head of real estate Sarah Conway
Estate agents have 12% more house-hunters on their books compared to last year
NAEA members managed to agree an average of five sales per branch in May.
Countrywide reveals lockdown impact & bounce-back performance
"Early trading indicators in England are encouraging and we expect a similar bounce back in Wales and Scotland," says Countrywide's Board ahead of the Plc's AGM.