The Market
Buyers are getting angry again – the market must be turning…
If there is a sure sign that the housing market is really turning a corner, it is the return of ‘real emotion’, says Nicolas Pejacsevich
Ten interesting stats about the property market in 2019
Fridays are the busiest days for moving home; the average UK home-mover moves just nine miles away from their previous property, and London accounted for more than 12% of all home-moves in 2019.
Important Palladian mansion was Ireland’s biggest recorded sale in 2019
Castletown Cox in Co Kilkenny has been described as 'Ireland's most beautiful house'
PCL vendors held back in Q4, but activity is now likely to pick up
It was a subdued end to the year for Prime Central London's property market, reports Knight Frank in its Q4 sit rep, with 17% fewer £1m+ properties listed for sale in November 2019 compared to the same…
Javid confirms Budget 2020 date: Wednesday 11th March
The new Government's first Budget will be delivered on 11th March 2020; it will "usher in a decade of renewal" says Chancellor Sajid Javid.
Housing market activity ‘unlikely to shift up materially in 2020’ – RICS
Surveyors predict 2% growth for UK house prices this year, but no improvement in transaction volumes
‘Signs of recovery’ for prime London’s property market as prices turn up
Q4 2019 saw the first quarterly increase for average property prices in Prime Central London in four years, according to Savills
Country house market remains flat
Prime regional property prices fell by 0.8% in 2019, says Knight Frank, and have been flat or falling for the last three years.
Government overhauls the national model tenancy agreement
Pets are welcome in rental properties, decrees Housing Minister Robert Jenrick
Ranked: Britain’s best value commuter towns
Zoopla reveals Britain’s most affordable towns for rail commuters to London, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester and Edinburgh
Ranked: Britain’s most popular house-hunting locations
Bristol was 2019's most-searched location outside London for both buyers and tenants, according to new Rightmove data. In London, Wimbledon was the most popular location for would-be buyers;
PCL agencies were sharing just 60 sales per week in 2019
London's most expensive postcodes put in a 'very weak' performance this year, reports investment firm LCP, with sliding prices and precious few deals to go round...