The Market

Property portal warns there's 'not enough pent-up momentum or recent positive sentiment to spur the usual autumn bounce in property prices'.

'Price cuts are becoming counterproductive in a landscape where the issue is not pricing, but one of confidence,' says buying agency.

Falling gilt yields may give the government more breathing room but possibly not enough to prevent new property taxes in next month’s Budget, explains Knight Frank's head of UK resi research.

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Three key charts reveal what's happening on the ground ahead of a critical period for the capital's property market.

The RICS has published a 'comprehensive overview' of flooding & its implications for property professionals at the same time as the government releases an 'action plan' to help protect more homes from…

Mayor Sadiq Khan & Housing Minister Steve Reed are said to be discussing a temporary relaxation of regulations in the capital.

£100bn-worth of home sales have been agreed but are yet to complete, reports Zoopla - potentially generating £1bn in commission for estate agents.

As Budget speculation mounts that CGT may be charged on some principal residences, Zoopla has checked official transaction records to see what gains various groups of home-sellers typically make.

LonRes recorded an annual movement of 2.5% in September, although average rents are still nearly 40% above pre-pandemic levels.

Transactions at the upper end of the Prime London market were down by over 40% last month, reports LonRes, as the start of the autumn selling season falls flat.

Luxury property developers & great estates are pouring millions into public realm improvements in Mayfair - making the historic area 'central London's third-biggest regeneration zone.'