The Market

UK property market ended 2024 'on a firm footing,' says the RICS.

Sunbury-on-Thames & Bristol City Centre saw the biggest increases in average asking prices last year, reports Rightmove - while London was the only region to see negative growth.

LonRes data shows agreed lets were down by 18.9% last month, compared to December 2023, while new instructions fell by 26.3%.

Transactions & values were both down on an annual basis last month, reports LonRes, but full-year numbers & forward-looking indicators are cause for optimism.

Top buying agent Jazmin Atkins evaluates the pros and cons of using confidentiality agreements in elite-level real estate deals.

Analysis of the latest UK HPI from Foxtons, Garrington, OnTheMarket, Fine & Country & more.

Hong Kong was again the most dominant foreign nation in Britain's residential market in 2024, according to a recent FOI request.

Not the busy start to the year that some expected.

Spanish Prime Minister unveils plan to tackle 'grave' housing crisis with huge tax hikes on overseas buyers.

'The momentum from 2024 is spilling into 2025 with a seven-year high number of homes for sale,' says property portal.

Values remain around 2% lower than a year ago and 6% below their late-2022 peak;

The pound has been taking a pummelling & US buyers now have an unprecedented opportunity to capitalise in the PCL property market, explains David Huggett.