The Market
Housing demand jumps by more than a quarter
Estate agents report 29% more prospective buyers per branch compared to last year - but no corresponding rise in supply.
Ranked: Britain’s housebuilding hotspots
£57bn-worth of new homes have hit the market in the UK in the last year, according to some sums by Stone Real Estate, with Greater Manchester emerging as the "most lucrative" area for housebuilders...
How many deals are sealed after a single viewing?
Over 15% of one major agency's sales last year took place after the buyer had seen the property just once...
House prices in all English cities have now returned to 2007 peak levels
Average property prices across UK cities have increased by 3.9% in the last year, says Zoopla, but the portal "does not expect a material acceleration in the rate of growth in the foreseeable future.
Regional asking prices per square metre, compared
The average per square metre asking price in Central London's W postcode is £9,000 more than the average in Sunderland's SR postcode.
‘Developers will struggle to break ground on new sites’: Woes continue in PCL’s new-build sector
New-build transaction slump should serve as a cautionary tale against any further tax tinkering, warns LCP
Supply & demand move further out of kilter as vendors hold back
Demand may be surging, but new property listings have fallen by 21% year-on-year says Knight Frank, while January's UK transaction tally was 4% lower than in 2019...
Mandatory New Homes Ombudsman to police ‘rogue’ developers
All housebuilders will need to sign-up to Robert Jenrick's New Homes Ombudsman scheme.
Ranked: 2019’s best & worst performing areas for house price inflation
North Devon and southern Wales saw the highest rates of property price inflation last year, while London boroughs saw the sharpest falls.
The Times: Wealthy Tories are not as averse to a mansion tax as some may think
Wealthy residents of three Tory constituencies are already choosing to pay a mansion tax in all but name, argues the Times' economics editor Philip Aldrick...
Best bids and attended exchanges on the rise in PCL, reports agency
Buyers’ and sellers’ confidence and optimism is 'back with a bang', according to Chestertons
The billion-pound building boom that could transform Oxford Street back into a prime resi address
Nine new residential developments are changing the face of Europe's busiest shopping street;