The Market
Super-prime deals unlocked as London agents report ‘crazy busy’ first day back
Beauchamp Estates, Dexters & Winkworth describe 'manic' scenes as the housing market restarts, but Chestertons warns 'this is not a return to normality'
Surveyors reiterate call for Stamp Duty holiday following lockdown market ‘collapse’
RICS' measure of new residential property instructions fell to its lowest level on record in April (since at least April 1999).
Rightmove traffic surges as the property market re-opens
Property portal traffic jumped by 45% on Wednesday morning, as the Government eased the Coronavirus lockdown and made a surprise move to re-open the housing market; email enquiries to agents leapt by 70%.
Re-starting the housing market: Industry reactions to the easing of the Coronavirus lockdown for the property sector
It will not come as any great surprise that most in the property industry are pleased to be able to get back to work after seven weeks in lockdown.
Required Reading: New official guidance for home-movers & property agents during the Coronavirus outbreak
The housing market has been re-opened after the Covid-19 lockdown, but it is "not a return to normality" for home movers or for the property industry.
Jenrick reveals the Government’s ‘plan to re-start the housing market’ as estate agents & developers get back to work
The Government has eased the Coronavirus lockdown in a bid to re-start the housing market after seven weeks in cold storage. Estate agents' office can now re-open, viewings are permitted;
Beauchamp MD joins BoE’s advisory panel
Mayfair-based boutique agency to provide regular updates on the UK resi market as part of the bank's Decision Maker Panel, set up in 2016 to help shape post-Brexit economic policy
Liam Bailey: Where next for UK residential transactions and prices?
Knight Frank's global research chief explains the thinking behind the firm's latest set of forecasts, released today, which have been downgraded in light of the longer lockdown period...
London’s rental market ‘remains buoyant’, say agents
Aston Chase says it has received a "significantly higher" number of rental enquiries under lockdown compared to the same period last year. LonRes data, however, tells a different story.
How will the industry adapt to the ‘new normal’?
If one thing is clear, it's that safety and technology will shape the health of the market as we move into a new phase, says buying agent Caroline Takla
Seven phases to recovery: A tentative timeline for the UK resi market
The residential market is unlikely to return to full strength until 2022, says CBRE, with the post-lockdown recovery dependant on consumer confidence and the wider economic outlook;
Lettings deals down by two-thirds in Prime London
The number of new lets agreed has sunk by 67% over the last seven weeks, reports LonRes