The Market
Jenrick: ‘We’ll make it easier to build beautiful homes, to end the myth that quality is the enemy of supply’
Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick trails the publication of the late Roger Scruton's Building Better, Building Beautiful report.
Country house market activity blossoms, but prices are unlikely to rise
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…
What makes a great build-to-rent home? These are the facilities that tenants really value
New-build reviews platform HomeViews has taken a deep-dive into the burgeoning build-to-rent sector, revealing what tenants really value - and what causes most irritation.
12 key findings from 2019’s English Housing Survey
The number of younger home-owners (25-34 year-olds) has risen for the first time in more than a decade, according to the Government's annual housing survey.
New platform promises to streamline probate property sales
Free-to-use 'hub' launched for the legal sector
Simon Edwardson of Northacre on resonating with super-rich buyers
The sales boss of London-based luxury developer Northacre explains how the firm goes about creating landmark schemes that hold appeal on the world stage, and why he isn't worried about the prospect of…
‘One in 50’ London homes is ‘used as a short let’
New research has found 108,102 Airbnb-style short-let listings in London. Of these, 73,549 were listed as entire homes.
Knight Frank reports dramatic surge in new buyers as interest ‘explodes’
The agency's London offices registered more new buyers in the second week of January than during any week in the last fifteen years, with numbers up 92% on the same point last year...
Government launches new Building Safety Regulator; demands ‘immediate action’ from building owners
Robert Jenrick's Housing Ministry says it is "committed to delivering the biggest change in building safety for a generation"; threatens to name-and-shame non-compliant building owners.
Charted: European rental Vs house price inflation since 2007
House price growth in the EU has been lumpy since the global financial crisis, while rental prices have climbed at a fairly consistent rate over the last 13 years...
On the implications of the Law Commission’s leasehold reform proposals
This month, the Law Commission published its long-awaited proposals for leasehold reform, making a number of recommendations which could have major ramifications for the London property market.
Is London heading for a house price crash? Probably not, say economists
Oxford Economics forecasts "sluggish" but positive growth for London property prices