The Market
Why 2020 is looking like a year for determined purchasers
The London market should grow in confidence as more buyers decide to hop off the fence, but don’t expect the up-tick in demand to be matched by an increase in supply, warns Saul Empson...
Mapped: Achieved prices and rents across Prime London last year
W1S remained the most expensive postcode area in the capital with an average achieved price of over £2,900 psf
Prime London rents rise for ninth consecutive quarter
Shortage of stock continuing to support values, reports LonRes
Middle Eastern buyers pile into the UK’s prime country house market
Knight Frank has noticed a tripling in the relative number of Middle Eastern buyers spending over £5m on English country houses...
Surveyors to crack down on conflicts of interest
The RICS is to review its ethical standards with a view to stamping out conflicts of interest over valuations.
Carrington on Q4: Just how bad was 2019?
LonRes Chairman William Carrington looks back at how last year compared to previous downturns, and forward to Prime London's prospects in the year ahead...
Agents optimistic amid busiest PCL market for three years
Buyers have finally returned to the prime postcodes, reports LonRes, but keep an eye on those stock levels...
Are the Tories mulling a mansion tax again?
Debates have been occurring 'at the highest levels of the Treasury and No 10' over ways to tap up wealthy homeowners, according to a Sunday paper...
Basement planning applications have tanked in Westminster
The annual total fell below 100 last year, following a series of high-profile disputes and a tightening up of council policy
Prime London stock levels drying up as new instructions halve
Most areas have seen new listings fall by over 50% since the height of the market in 2014, reports Coutts
What can the government do to set the property market up for a strong 2020?
Along with resolving the remaining uncertainty around Brexit, a few small tweaks to the tax regime and regulatory environment would significantly improve the state of the market, argues Forsters' Helen…
Buyers splash £60m at luxury Northacre schemes
Super-prime developer hails flying start to 'milestone year' as flagship PCL projects take shape;