The Market

Record demand in June ‘more than made up’ for the market hiatus, says the agency

‘The trickle has become a torrent’, says Glentree International

Acadata restarts its analysis of Land Registry data, reporting record prices in the South West...

Three scenarios for house prices and transactions volumes over the next five years have been presented by the Office for Budget Responsibility - an Upside, a Central, and a Downside.

There's been an extraordinary release of pent-up demand in the sales market since lockdown restrictions were lifted. "The uncertainty is how long it can last," cautions Knight Frank.

Asking rents outside London have climbed by 3.4% in the last year, while the capital has seen a dip of 0.6% as rental stock piles up.

The rules around stamp duty are unduly complex, writes Elizabeth Small - and complexity inevitably brings a degree of uncertainty, which benefits neither the taxpayer nor the taxman...

Three-quarters of house-hunters registered with Savills say that Covid-19 has led them to "reconsider their work-life balance".

Rightmove has reported a dramatic increase in househunting activity at higher price brackets since the announcement of the SDLT holiday up to £500k.

This CGT review could be "the starting pistol for a tax grab ahead of the Autumn budget later this year", suggest analysts.

Rishi's holiday won't make much of a dent in many prime purchasers’ SDLT bills, but it pays to be aware of some of the other lesser-known rules around this complex tax;

"Opinions are increasingly divided as to whether the property market is enjoying a temporary blip in activity due to the released pent-up demand, or whether what is being witnessed is a ‘once in a generation’…