The Market
The world’s millionaire population is set to grow by more than third in the next five years
Credit Suisse expects the global millionaire population to reach almost 63 million in 2024, while the number of UHNWIs will jump from 56,000 today to 234,000 in five years' time
Robert Jenrick on heritage, placemaking & property development (full speech)
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick gave a lengthy
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...