The Market

Energy price shocks are lifting swap rates, complicating the outlook for rate cuts and potentially squeezing the Chancellor’s headroom, explains Knight Frank's UK resi research boss.

Sentiment around London property price growth cooled sharply in February, according to the latest RICS survey.

There was a spike in news sales instructions across London's prime postcodes last week, but agreed sales remained thin on the ground.

'Market conditions for renters are the best they have been for six years,' says property portal.

Savills says top-end country house prices are 'starting to stabilise' after their post-pandemic correction, flagging particularly strong demand from American buyers...

Government says new transparency regulations for property developers 'will help SME builders identify genuinely available sites sooner and compete more fairly in the land market.'

The buy-to-let boom that began in the late 1990s may now be hitting a 'landmark moment of contraction' as tax changes and red tape bite.

Rightmove's analysis is based on asking prices, and only includes addresses with at least five open-market listings in January.

'The capital might not be [UHNWI's] full-time base any more,' says Knight Frank veteran, 'but it is still an anchor for social & business life.'

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Research suggests 18% of properties bought for more than £1mn since 2010 and sold again in 2025, went for less than their first purchase price.

Rising energy prices and shifting rate expectations could reshape mortgage costs and buyer sentiment, explains Knight Frank’s head of UK resi research.