The Market

Next month's official house price index will not be published due to the Covid-19 lockdown thwarting the property market.

The lockdown has been tragic, farcical and surreal, writes Trevor Abrahmsohn, but that rare commodity ‘confidence’ is making a welcome return...

“This shows what happens when you temporarily suppress pent-up demand that had been building for years," says Knight Frank.

Benham and Reeves has checked what proportion of listings are marked as sold or under offer by price bracket across prime London.

New prime property with park views command a 34% price premium globally, says Knight Frank, rising to 75% for a view of one of London's Royal Parks.

Propertymark moves to include high pollution levels on its property information questionnaire, with potentially big implications for those in the PCL heartlands...

Grand five-bed with two master suites is gunning for over £4,600 psf

The coronavirus has exposed an underlying weakness within the world economy, and it will be several weeks before we find out the impact on the market, writes James Wyatt...

The conveyancing market experienced a rocky ride in the first few months of the year, diving from a post-election bounce to a lockdown freeze.

It took an average of five days longer to let a home in April 2020 compared to April 2019, but rental demand "has now almost recovered to pre-lockdown levels," says Hamptons International.

There is a palpable frisson in the newly re-opened London market, write Richard & Sophie Rogerson, but significant challenges lie await as we enter uncharted territory...

'It has become clear that the market will spring back to life more forcefully than most people would have imagined only a few of weeks ago,' says Knight Frank's sales boss James Clarke