The Market
SDLT revenues drop as £1m+ sales tumble
Stamp Duty generated 6% less for the Government's coffers in Q2 2019 than in Q2 2018, largely as a result of a 12% fall in £1m+ transactions...
Market Snapshot: Prime London’s inner & outer commuter zones
Prime property prices in London's Outer Commute just posted positive growth for the first time in two years, says Savills, but commuter homes closer to the capital are falling...
Agency heralds a ‘Boris Effect’ in prime London as buyers take a long-term view
"It looks like Boris [Johnson] has and will put the bounce back into the London property market", says top-end estate agent Mark Pollack
UK market polarised as price growth in southern cities sinks to seven-year low
Increases in supply are compounding the downward pressure on prices across the South, report Zoopla & Hometrack, while the opposite is true elsewhere...
Residential investment surges by 150%, despite Brexit
2018 was 'a breakthrough year' for institutional property investment in the UK, says JLL
Values dip in the PCL lettings market as supply levels rise
Having failed to sell their properties at the right price, some landlords have made a return to the lettings market, says Knight Frank
Property ‘flipping’ has fallen dramatically in the last 15 years
In 2004, over 60,000 homes were resold within 12 months; just 18,630 homes were flipped in England & Wales last year...
Grand Registry: Surveying last month’s biggest registered deals
A chunky sale on Chelsea Square topped the rundown of resi transactions lodged with the Land Registry in June...
PCL transaction volumes ‘surge’ by nearly a quarter
Marked quarterly increase of 23% has been echoed anecdotally with reported increases in buyers and offers, says investment firm London Central Portfolio
Average values in some of London’s prime postcodes are falling by £180 a day – Zoopla
Hampstead, Belsize Park & Swiss Cottage have seen over £32k wiped off the average value since January, according to the portal, while Notting Hill & Holland Park continue to buck the wider trend with…
Portal names ‘best-performing’ prime postcodes
'Off-market' marketplace Vyomm analyses Land Registry data with mixed results