The Market

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

Rightmove points to some big potential changes in the post-pandemic property market, as many people "re-appraise their housing needs".

Charlie Ellingworth and the Property Vision team take a measured look at what the Covid-19 recovery could look like for the UK's economy and real estate sector.

Robert Jenrick has penned a blog post for Zoopla to "share his vision for restarting the housing market" with the industry.

Beauchamp Estates, Dexters & Winkworth describe 'manic' scenes as the housing market restarts, but Chestertons warns 'this is not a return to normality'

RICS' measure of new residential property instructions fell to its lowest level on record in April (since at least April 1999).

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%.

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.

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.

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;

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