The Market
A Shore Thing: Mapping the coastal price premium
70% of prime waterfront properties acquired by UK buyers are used as a main residence, reports Savills
No change for UK house prices in September, as London falls again – UK HPI
Greater London's average property price dipped by 0.4% in September, according to official statistics.
Government lays out plans for a new specialist ‘Housing Court’
Call for Evidence opens on proposals to give landlords and tenants "faster and more effective justice in the event of property disputes"
Mortgage market chills as lending numbers drop
September saw fewer home-mover, first-time buyer and buy-to-let mortgages agreed compared to the same month last year, says UK Finance
St John’s Wood is the only market in PCL where transactions are rising – Knight Frank
2.3% more deals were done in St John's Wood in the year to October compared to the previous 12 months, according to LonRes data
Steady As She Goes: Scotland’s resi property market enters calmer waters
While there are still siren voices out there warning of the calamitous effects of everything from Brexit to Indyref2, the Scottish market has turned a Nelsonian eye, says Eric Curran...
Westminster’s Super-Home Squeeze: PCL council moves to limit the size of new homes
Westminster lays out tough new affordable housing regime and reacts to 'global demand for super-size properties' by proposing a 150 square metre cap as part of its ambitious 20-year strategy
Pryor tips house prices to fall by 4% next year
Outspoken buying agent and market commentator makes his predictions for 2019
Real rents have fallen in six out of eight regions over the last decade
Hamptons has compared average rents with the Consumer Prices Index from 2008 to today
House price growth rebounds; ‘not all doom and gloom’, says LSL & Acadata
Index records only the second monthly increase in the last eight months; annual growth still at six-year low
Watch: UK property market continues to meander into Autumn
Property finding agency Garrington shares its views on the Autumn market, with a quick round-up of Budget measures affecting the prime resi sector and a top-line summary of the big market indices and buying trends.
There are 211 fewer estate agency branches on the high street than in January
Pubs, electrical shops and estate agencies have seen the biggest declines as high street businesses struggle, according to new data