The Market
Seven charts on the UK property market
Strutt & Parker's Spring Residential report collates a selection of interesting nuggets on the market; here's a graphical digest:
It is time to hand the housing crisis over to the professionals
The UK's property industry has the depth of talent to turn decades of underinvestment and policy neglect around, but only if given the power to do so, says Alexander Lewis...
Mapped: Average £psf prices across Prime London
How much have properties been achieving on a per square foot basis across the capital's prime postcodes over the last 12 months?
Why electric cars are set to drive a quiet revolution for property prices
Savvy investors with a (very) long-term view could do well to look at properties near busy roads, says top buying agent Edward Heaton
Sales volumes strengthen in PCL’s £5m-£10m market
Deals up by over 10% year-on-year as higher transaction costs sink in...
Developers look beyond London as Midlands hubs drive resi development land price growth
There's less competition for smaller sites in outer London, says Savills, which could create opportunities for SME developers
London property prices post weakest month since 2009 – RICS
Surveyors report mild price drops across the country, although sales volumes and new buyer enquiries levelled out in April
Carrington on Q1: How the vendor/buyer dynamic has changed
LonRes Chairman William Carrington explains how the market is adapting - as it always does...
Stock levels tighten further in Prime London’s lettings market
LonRes records fourth consecutive quarterly fall in new lettings instructions as investors beat a retreat...
Fortunes reverse for upper and lower ends of Prime London’s sales market
After bearing the brunt of the market downturn, the £2m+ market appears to be rallying...
‘Downside risks’ mean that PCL property prices could post 0% growth by 2022, predicts estate agency
Or they could rise by 23% over the next five years...
£1m+ home sales hit a record high in 2017, despite a slow first half
The number of seven-figure residential property sales has risen by 78% in the last decade