The Market
Government overhauls the national model tenancy agreement
Pets are welcome in rental properties, decrees Housing Minister Robert Jenrick
Ranked: Britain’s best value commuter towns
Zoopla reveals Britain’s most affordable towns for rail commuters to London, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester and Edinburgh
Ranked: Britain’s most popular house-hunting locations
Bristol was 2019's most-searched location outside London for both buyers and tenants, according to new Rightmove data. In London, Wimbledon was the most popular location for would-be buyers;
PCL agencies were sharing just 60 sales per week in 2019
London's most expensive postcodes put in a 'very weak' performance this year, reports investment firm LCP, with sliding prices and precious few deals to go round...
Zoopla predicts 3% growth for property prices in UK cities in 2020
The average property price in a UK city has increased by 54% over the last decade; London has seen 74% growth.
Airbnb ‘not an estate agent’, rules EU court
Europe's highest court decides that US-based short-term accommodation platform does not need to comply with French property laws in landmark case
Prime & mainstream rents are set to climb 10% over the next five years
Knight Frank is predicting more steady growth for prime and mainstream rental values around the country in the coming years
All is calm, all is bright: Post-election thoughts
There is no denying the instant relief felt by stakeholders in the prime London property market following the general election result, write Sophie & Richard Rogerson, but there are real concerns this…
Resi investors shun Canary Wharf
Canary Wharf is transitioning into a place to live as well as work, says Savills; a third of buyers in the area are international, and over a third of households earn more than £100k a year.
Knight Frank predicts ‘rising momentum across all property markets’, with PCL set to out-perform
Prime Central London property prices are likely to rise by 18% over the next five years, forecasts Knight Frank, out-performing mainstream markets.
House price growth drops to the lowest level since September 2012
The latest official UK House Price Index tells of a slow property market in the run-up to the General Election.
Property market ‘hit a lull’ in November
The number of sales agreed fell to the lowest level in eight months in November, reports the NAEA. But improved political certainty "may trigger a flurry of activity."