The Market

Estate agency branches have fewer properties available to buy compared to last year, and buyer numbers have dropped to their lowest March level since 2013

A record 31,500 units under construction across the capital are unsold, reports Molior, which is nearly half of all units currently underway;

Hotel group Marriott is taking on Airbnb in the holiday lettings arena, launching a new top-end home rental platform in the United States, Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America

Portals have given vendors the ability to do their own research, but gauging the right asking price remains beyond the reach of machines, says Patrick Alvarado

Transactions spiked by over 18% last quarter as 'shrewd' buyers and investors pushed their purchases through before March 29th, reports LCP

EY's Spring ITEM Club predicts muted property price growth ahead, with a 'limited' upside even if a Brexit deal is agreed. A no deal exit could see house prices fall by 5% in 2020

Residential property surveys are confusing for consumers, says the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, as it opens a consultation on an overhaul of the system with mandatory new standards

While new listings were still down by 6.3% in the year to March, it was the smallest decline in over 18 months

The ratio of new buyers to new listings rose to a record high of 9:1 in March, reports Knight Frank, predicting that demand could be released 'at short notice' in the event of some political clarity emerging...

Big manor houses and old rectories tend to be the most expensive "quintessentially English" homes in a village, but they're a fair bit cheaper per square foot than cottages or barn conversions, says Jackson-Stops.

Here's how the capital's prime neighbourhoods have performed over the last three months

Vendors are slashing prices by an average of 13% - and 21% in the £10m+ range - as transaction volumes slow to a six-year low, reports the Queen's bank...