The Market
Buyers start moving as demand rises in prime London, but vendors hesitate
Knight Frank reports a 7.5% rise in the number of offers made in prime London, despite fewer properties coming to market.
Crime fears scupper ‘more than 29,000’ property sales a year
Insurance firm estimates that £6.6bn-worth of property sales fall through every year as a direct result of house-hunters' concerns over local crime rates.
China’s ‘Silk Road urbanism’ is changing cities from London to Kampala – can locals keep control?
Jonathan Silver of the University of Sheffield and Alan Wiig of the University of Massachusetts Boston explore how China's vast "Belt & Road" investment initiative is transforming neighbourhoods around…
Mapped: The ripple effect of Brexit uncertainty
Annual price growth across over half of London’s boroughs is now in negative territory, notes buying agency Turnbull Property
Shopping for Value: How quality retail choices affect London residential property values
Savills maps where in London there are opportunities for mixed-use developers to boost resi values by improving retail and leisure offerings.
Law firm takes down government’s first crack at a reservation agreement
After a sneak preview of the first draft, Hart Brown dismisses the government's latest attempt at fixing the conveyancing system as 'well meaning but sadly way short of what is required'
‘House prices in London are starting to firm’ as regional cities start to moderate
For the first time since August 2015, every city tracked in Zoopla's UK Cities Index recorded rising property prices in February.
A Healthy Market: On the rise of private gyms in Mayfair
Mayfair is already well-served by commercial gyms, but high-end property developers are going to great lengths to deliver even more health & happiness to wealthy buyers in Prime Central London.
Mortgage approvals dip – but not by as much as some thought
Data mix-up at UK Finance causes dramatic but erroneous 'six-year low' headlines.
Gazundering, leaseholds, housing quality, affordability & supply: Here’s what people are most worried about in the property market
A new survey indicates that people have growing concerns about the leasehold system, gazundering, stamp duty, housing quality, housing supply, affordability... and more.
Market Snapshot: Tower Bridge
'The normal churn is beginning to return', says Knight Frank's team on the ground
Agency closures predicted as London’s lurgee spreads to the regions
Investment firm LCP foresees further branch closures and consolidation as new analysis show transactions and prices falling in every sector – Prime Central London, Greater London, and the rest of England…