Property markets to ‘remain stable’ in 2020, but prime buyers are ‘becoming less compromising’
Estate agency Jackson-Stops shares its predictions for country property markets next year
How England’s broken planning system has created (not reduced) the risk of floods
“Urban areas have been creating flood risk,” writes Lee Bosher. “And this is largely due to the government’s focus on making land – low cost, flood prone land – available for development.”
Labour manifesto moots rent caps & an end to property developers’ ‘free hand’
Jeremy Corbyn has set out his party’s political stall ahead of next month’s General Election; here’s a summary of Labour’s key property policies…
Lib Dem manifesto suggests linking Stamp Duty to home energy ratings; all new-builds to be Passivhaus by 2025
Jo Swinson’s party has published its 2019 Election Manifesto; here are the Liberal Democrats’ key property policies…
Hong Kong’s wealthy seek safe haven in London’s prime property market
HNW buyers from the troubled region have splashed over £25m with one PCL agency in recent weeks, snapping up apartments in Whitehall, Marylebone and Kings Cross…
Caution recedes slightly in London’s development sector, but certainty remains top of the wishlist
Latest poll of senior industry figures suggests cautiousness might be levelling out, although the majority believe that staying in the EU would ultimately be the best outcome for the capital’s development sector
UK house price growth is likely to under-club consumer inflation until 2021
London property prices will probably hold steady in 2020, according to a poll of experts carried out by Reuters
Luxury lifestyle prices are rising twice as fast as mainstream consumer inflation
Coutts bank’s measure of luxury price inflation has risen by 4.7% a year since 2016; twice the rate of the mainstream Consumer Prices Index
Buying agency shares seven-point property policy manifesto
Stacks outlines seven property sector policies that it would like championed by the next Government.
Resi developers are returning to Prime Central London
Average development land values in PCL were flat for the second quarter in a row in Q3, which hasn’t happened since 2015…
Lib Dems pledge 500% council tax hike on empty homes
Party would allow councils to crank up taxes on vacant properties after six months
‘Remarkably resilient’ UK housing market continues to mark time
Prices rose for the second month in a row in October, report LSL & Acadata, but not by enough to turn the annual figure positive