The Market
‘House price pressures appear to be building’ as market activity grows
Surveyors "are optimistic regarding the outlook for activity over the next twelve months," says the RICS.
Super-rich & sustainable: How climate change is affecting the luxury property sector
HNWIs and developers are changing their behaviour as the socially responsible revolution rolls on, writes Penny Mosgrove...
‘New opportunities for well informed purchasers’: Buying agency predicts ‘a brisk first quarter’
Echoing a lot of other market data and anecdotes, buying agency Garrington has just enjoyed "one of its busiest Januarys in ten years", with rising levels of both new searches and agreed sales.
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