The Market

While a move to the country may the be trend du jour, the bright lights of the capital will be turned back on in time, says Guy Meacock 

New buyer enquiries, newly agreed sales, and new instructions have recovered since the lockdown, but surveyor sentiment is still not buoyant.

Two top buying agents - one focused on prime London, and one on prime country houses - reveal what is on their clients' most-wanted lists.

Firm predicts a glut of marital homes will be coming up for sale in the coming months

The importance of home has been paramount over the last few months, writes Harry Wigram 

Nic Pejacsevich reports from an eerily quiet Montpelier Street as buyers and sellers begin to stir...

The first hard data from before, during and after the lockdown period reveals how stock, price & activity levels have been affected across the prime postcodes

New lets agreed over the course of lockdown fell by more than two-thirds, reports LonRes

"It still feels like it’s more of a tenants market" in prime London, says Knight Frank's Head of Lettings, "but we are going into the busiest period of the year and I would expect supply to come down.

“It feels remarkably similar to the period that followed the EU referendum,” says Knight Frank's Head of London Residential Research, Tom Bill. "It will take a while for the market to find its feet.

Official SDLT guidance changed to allow refund claims on 3% surcharge beyond the standard three-year limit