The Market
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 26, 2024
While still quieter than in previous years, buying and selling activity in the capital's prime postcodes does not seem to have been massively affected by the imminent General Election.
Buyer demand falls 16% as election & Summer holidays approach
The sales market is moving 'in line with expectations/established seasonal trends', concludes Propertymark after surveying estate agents across the UK.
Election build-up puts prime property price growth ‘on pause’, but buyer demand ‘remains resilient’
'Despite the short odds on a change in government and continued market activity, the general election has resulted in a degree of caution' in the property market, says Savills.
Jo Eccles: Three key prime property trends to watch in H2 2024
Interest rates are of greater concern than the election, the estate agency industry is changing & super-prime buyers are getting younger, reports top buying agent...
Mortgage lending drops, but remains higher than last year
Slightly fewer new mortgages were approved in May than in April, but substantially more than at the same time last year.
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
Catch up on all the latest movements and commentary in less than five minutes, featuring data and analysis from Property Vision, Nationwide, Chestertons, Knight Frank, Zoopla, CBRE & more...
Four ways the Government promised to fix housing since 2019 and what they’ve actually done
Lecturer in Law at King's College London, Chloe Sheppick, talks us through some of the Conservative Party's attempts at housing policy over the past five years - including ambitious reforms of the leasehold…
Comparing the cost of ‘living well’: Swiss bank heralds ‘Roaring 2020s’ for global super-rich as luxury price inflation eases
The high life is now more expensive in Europe than in most Asian wealth hubs, according to research by Julius Baer, which flags a "new lifestyle boom" for the world's wealthiest people.
UK house prices are ‘currently 8% over-valued’ – Zoopla
Property prices are likely to morph from "over-valued" to "fair value" by the end of the year, says property portal, despite an anticipated 1.5% increase in average prices.
Abrahmsohn: How a Labour government may affect the property market
The government-in-waiting has been fiendishly circumspect about CGT, IHT & a possible Mansion Tax, writes Glentree Estates boss Trevor Abrahmsohn.
Counting the real cost of Stamp Duty: The strange case of London’s vanishing mid-market
A decade on, Property Vision's Simon Connell explains how George Osborne's tax reforms have fundamentally altered the capital's property market.
New homes planning activity in London now 60% below peak levels – CBRE
Pipeline continues to shrink as developers grapple with challenges.