The Market
Long-Term Prospectors: Hannah Aykroyd on PCL’s new breed of buy-to-let investor
Clients are increasingly coming to buy-to-let with a long hold in mind, intent on capitalising on lower prices and a weaker Sterling, while showing less interest in yield, reports top buying agent Hannah…
£1m+ deals have soared 12-fold in 20 years, as the average house price has almost tripled
Today's prime property market is "much bigger and more complex" than in 1999, says mortgage firm Private Finance as it charts the rise of seven-figure transactions over the past two decades
Buyer in £35k SDLT fail over ‘grounds’ definition
Couple claimed their £1.5m Hertfordshire property should be classified as mixed-use, and therefore taxed at the lower rate
Berlin to impose five-year rent freeze from January
German city confirms a plan to freeze rental values to 2018 levels until 2022
Government promises ‘a digital revolution’ for the property sector
Housing Minister Esther McVey wants to make Britain's planning and property-buying scene more like online banking.
Knight Frank suffers amid high-end sales slump
Estate agency reports an 11% drop in pre-tax profits, blaming 'still slowing or constrained residential volumes' in the south east of England
Feeble Autumn price bounce as vendors hold back
Rightmove reports a 13.5% year-on-year drop in new property listings, with October's traditional price bounce coming at just +0.6% - the lowest monthly rise at this time of year since 2008.
Hamptons toasts record lettings performance
Lettings division of Countrywide-owned agency posts best ever third quarter, with year-on-year growth in every month so far this year
London prices fall for twelfth month in a row
The market across England & Wales continues to 'deflate slowly', according to LSL & Acadata
London vendors slash prices to secure a buyer before Christmas
Chestertons recorded a near-60% increase in price reductions across its network in September, which looks to have stirred buyers into action...
The Trial Reservation Experiment: Getting our houses in order
Glentree chief Trevor Abrahmsohn applauds the Housing Ministry's move to try-out Reservation Agreements in property deals, and puts a price on a "Gentleman's Word"
‘Buyers & sellers recalibrate and try to second-guess what’s coming next’
"Much like the weather over the last month, the property market has become increasingly unpredictable," says national buying agency Garrington in its monthly top-line review of market machinations.