The Market
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.
Hong Kong buyers ‘dominating’ London’s luxury apartment market – Almacantar
Developer behind Centre Point & The Bryanston reports an influx of demand from the region, driven by the UK’s recent visa announcement and the upcoming SDLT surcharge.
Ranked: London’s priciest postcodes pre-lockdown
N2 had a median sold price of £14.1m in the first quarter, according to analysis of Land Registry data, putting it ahead of W1K (£9.2m) & N6 (£9m).
RBKC looks to spend £3m of developers’ cash
Council invites applications from residents and local groups after building up a chunky funding pot from the Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy
Prime London prices dipped by 1.1% in Q2, but house values have held up as buyers ‘reassess their needs’
"We have been surprised at the extent to which lockdown has made people reassess their housing needs and, more pertinently, act upon it," says Savills.
The property market’s post-lockdown surge ‘has continued into its sixth week’ – but how long will it last?
Knight Frank has just recorded its biggest ever week for offers accepted.
Reuters poll: UK prices to fall by 5% in 2020, before gradual recovery
Panel of pundits predict rises of 1.5% in 2021 and 3.5% in 2022
Demand surge to prop up house prices for the next few months, but the post-lockdown bounce is already slowing
"The surge in demand for property is expected to delay house price falls, pushing them towards the end of 2020," says Zoopla, as it forecasts that annual price inflation will be sustained at 2-3% for the…