The Market

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.

Prices continue to rise fastest in the capital, according to the latest Acadata/e.surv HPI, with a monthly movement of 2.6% taking the annual change to 7.6%.

London rents continue to fall, reports Rightmove.

A V-shaped recovery in equity markets has been a boon for the richest people on the planet, report UBS and PwC, as global billionaire wealth surged by more than a quarter between April and July this year…

The richest people on earth seem to be weathering the Coronavirus storm rather well, according to the latest World Wealth Report from Wealth-X.

Around a third people who previously - in February - thought their next move would be to a city centre home now want to live in the suburbs or towns and villages.

Buyer demand in the £2m market is currently highest in Barnes, Clapham & Chiswick and lowest in Marylebone, Mayfair & Fitzrovia, according to new analysis...

Easton in Bristol has seen the biggest escalation of average asking prices of anywhere in the UK since 2010, according to Rightmove.

More affluent areas have seen markedly more lettings market activity since the end of the Spring Coronavirus lockdown than Britain's less wealthy locations.

The South West and the Cotswolds have been getting all the attention, but asking prices in Yorkshire & The Humber have risen by more than any other region since the market re-opened in May...

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...