The Market
Build-to-Rent, student housing & retirement living present a £700bn investment opportunity says Savills
The value of the UK's "residential operational real estate" sector - combining build-to-rent, senior living and student housing - is set to quadruple, forecasts Savills, hitting £880bn once fully mature…
Resi transactions slide 11.3% annually
HMRC's provisional seasonally-adjusted transaction count came in at 89,810 last month, down 6.4% on April and by 11.3% on May 2018
From Paris to Shanghai, citizens are largely unaware of indoor air pollution risks
Indoor air can be far more polluted than outdoor air and was responsible for 3.8 million premature deaths worldwide in 2016;
FT: Is now the right time to buy property in London?
The Financial Times does a deep dive to find out if the London property market is really bottoming out
Berlin moves to freeze rental prices for five years
After a decade of runaway price inflation, radical rent controls are slated to come into force in January (if approved), and be back-dated to June 2018
Westminster unveils ambitious 20-year housing plan; confirms move to block new mansions & skyscrapers
Westminster Council has published a raft of new policies designed to make the Prime Central London borough more liveable, better for businesses, and more sustainable, opening its City Plan 2019-2040 up…
Price declines slow down in London – UK HPI
Average house prices in the UK increased by 1.4% in the 12 months to April 2019, down from 1.6% in March 2019
Cluttons forecasts a ‘rush of supply’ in London, limiting future price growth
'There’s effectively three years’ worth of people who haven’t put their house on the market, creating a "Brexit bottleneck" which will lead to a sharp correction when they do'
‘It is far too early to predict any form of bounce in the London market’ – Garrington
"Whilst the property market has been buffeted over recent months, there is growing evidence to suggest conditions are normalising," says national buying agency Garrington in its latest market review, which…
Market Snapshot: Marylebone
The latest data on £psf values, transaction volumes and the highest prices achieved in one of PCL's trendiest hotspots...
Jersey, Guernsey & Isle of Man to reveal company ownership
Islands bow to pressure from MPs and confirm plans to open up their central register of beneficial owners
Zoopla calls the bottom of the London property market; southern regions to see further falls
The capital's three-year 'repricing process' is coming to an end, says Zoopla's top analyst Richard Donnell - but London's slowdown has now rippled out to higher-value markets across Southern England…