The Market

Savills is forecasting rents will rise by nearly 11% over the next five years, having bottomed out in mid-2019...

Latest quarterly stats from Knight Frank show St John's Wood outperforming, with South Ken, Canary Wharf and Marylebone lagging behind...

It took the average vendor 256 days to sell their property in 2019 (from first listing online to sale completion as marked by the Land Registry), although there were wide variations between different locations;

Influential think tank Policy Exchange has published a blueprint for the "urgent wholesale reform" of the planning system, calling for a "clean break" with the current regime.

Another market report tells of improved activity in the wake of December's General Election.

2019's gross mortgage lending total was still below 2018's level, despite a flurry of approvals in December.

Behavioural scientist David Comerford explains how simple changes to energy performance certificates - combined with the right timing - could help residents take practical steps to cut their home's emissions...

Average house prices in the top decile were up by a 'staggering' 109.3% over the final quarter, reports London Central Portfolio

Fund manager-turned-PCL buying agent Fraser Slater explains why 2020 will be a pivotal year for the Prime London property market, with the scene now set for significant increases in both prices and volumes...

Lloyds Bank has compared 2019's mortgage numbers with those of 2009...

Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick trails the publication of the late Roger Scruton's Building Better, Building Beautiful report.

Knight Frank's country house team has reported its busiest opening to a year for two decades, but the firm cautions that "rising activity levels are unlikely to translate into house price inflation in…