The Market
London’s HNW advisors reveal post-Brexit fears
Majority of intermediaries in the property and private wealth communities expect a 'sharp decline' in the number of international HNWIs calling London home, according to a new sentiment survey
Savills launches its first Scottish city lettings department
Charles McCosh has been recruited to run the Edinburgh lettings team
Property prices fall for an eighth month as the ‘Brexit impasse continues to challenge the market’
Supply, demand and deal numbers continued to dwindle in March, reports the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
Labour moots centralised targets and controls for house price growth
Bank of England could set targets for property price inflation, says Shadow Housing Minister John Healey, managing the market through tougher lending restrictions.
Developer pitches Islington Square as ‘the new Covent Garden’
£400m reinvention of the North London Royal Mail site promises to put Islington on the new-build buyers' map
IMF creates an ‘early warning system’ to predict the next house price crash
The International Monetary Fund's House Prices at Risk tool is designed to flag property markets at risk of significant price drops at least a year before the market turns
Talking Heads: Four thoughts on overvaluations
After an investigation into the scale of overvaluations in the UK property market concluded that thousands of vendors were being "misled" by some of the biggest estate agency chains, four industry experts…
HMRC hasn’t investigated many estate agents over money laundering
'Everybody’s talking about money laundering but it seems like nobody’s doing anything about it' says law firm Fieldfisher after finding out exactly how many investigations have been carried out in…
Knightsbridge agency reports massive surge in lettings deals
Harrods Estates has handled 78% more rental transactions in Knightsbridge in the last 12 months compared to the previous year
The changing fortunes of the Prime London housing market
LonRes' research chief Marcus Dixon looks at how the current market downturn differs from the aftermath of the financial crisis, and how things are likely to play out this time round...
Why electric cars & London’s new ULEZ are set to drive a quiet revolution for property prices
As the world's first Ultra-Low Emissions Zone comes into play in London today, we return to the view of buying agent Ed Heaton, who argues that savvy investors with a long-term view could do well to look…
London’s new charge on polluting vehicles – here’s everything you need to know
The new Ultra-Low Emissions Zone comes into force today, covering the same locations as the previous Congestion Charge - but it is set to expand to cover a much wider area of the capital in 2021.