The Market
On the prime country market’s ‘dead cat bounce’
Atrocious weather, coronvirus, and the impending Budget have trampled on any green shoots, reports buying agent Jess Simpson...
New Reuters poll tips UK house prices to rise by 2% this year
Panel of 26 property market insiders raise their expectations as fears over over the economic impact of Brexit recede
‘London leavers’ are now younger than ever as the capital’s price premium pushes people out
You can get a lot more property for your money outside of the capital; 953 extra square feet, on average, say LonRes & Hamptons as they analyse the latest trends in "London leavers".
Final Minimum Energy Efficiency deadline looms for landlords
Landlords have less than a month left to bring their private rented units up to EPC band E to meet the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard.
Competitive bidding is now rife in PCL’s rental market
Knight Frank's lettings teams report a 50% increase in sealed bids as tenants face a perfect storm of soaring demand and depleted supply
Grand Registry: Surveying last month’s biggest registered deals
Hampstead Garden Suburb, Chelsea & Notting Hill saw the chunkiest transactions lodged with the Land Registry in January
Mortgage approvals recover to 2016 levels
Mortgage approvals for house purchase rose to 70,900, the highest since February 2016, according to official data from the Bank of England.
Questions asked over developer’s payments to former Homes England chief
Malaysian developer EcoWorld reportedly paid Sir Edward Lister £480k when he was in charge of the government's 'housing accelerator'
Radical stamp duty reform would pay for itself, says think tank
The Centre for Policy Studies reiterates the case for a wholesale rethink of stamp duty ahead of next month's Budget;
‘The London market is bouncing like a spring lamb, but keep your feet on the ground and don’t always follow the herd’
Reassured by safety in numbers, househunters have flocked back to the market at the same time, writes buying agent Guy Meacock - but they now face a very different landscape...
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...