The Market
Ranked: UK postcodes with the largest average mortgage
Serene and stately, the historic London enclave of St James's is also home to the highest average resi mortgage rate in the UK, and by some distance...
‘A cut in stamp duty this autumn is highly unlikely’ – Savills
While some in the property sector are wistfully chattering about how the Chancellor might reassess stamp duty rates in his Autumn Statement, Savills is of the view that a cut "is highly unlikely unless …
Record number of planning applications ‘gives London a shot at 50,000 homes target’
The number of residential planning applications in London has surged, with the first six months of the year racking up 38% more than the average rate since 2010
How have prime residential yields performed in the last 12 months?
As we discovered in the recent English Housing Survey, there's been a significant and sustained shift towards renting over home-ownership, with England's Private Rented Sector doubling in size in the l…
Take a hike: National Trust in ground rent storm
The National Trust has found itself in the middle of a storm over ground rents, after it was revealed that some of its tenants face eye-watering hikes of "up to 10,000%".
Ranked: Which regional towns have the fastest-growing proportion of asking price reductions?
When central London was on the up in 2013/14, rising property prices rippled out to outer boroughs and beyond, to commuter towns
Another firm calls the bottom of the London house price slowdown
It's a rather toned-down version of calling the bottom of the market, but another firm has started using "bottom of the slowdown" language to describe London's property landscape...
Why Britain will continue to punch above its weight
Worry not about the future for post-Brexit Britain - it's time to get behind the nation, says a fired-up Trevor Abrahmsohn...
The Big Short (Let): Is Airbnb becoming the new buy-to-let?
There's been a huge jump in the number of properties being listed for short-term rental on "sharing economy" portals such as Airbnb, leading the Residential Landlords Association to ask "Is Airbnb becoming the ne…
London house prices and household incomes: Borough-by-borough ratios
Kensington & Chelsea is the most expensive place to own a home in London, says Cluttons after totting up house price-to-earnings ratios across the capital
Prime Central London stabilises, but it’s a divided market – JLL
There are "signs of stabilisation" in the Prime Central London sales arena, says JLL, as it reports growing transaction numbers and prices "holding firm" for the bulk of the market through the first half…
PCL values show signs of bottoming out – Cluttons
There's been a "marked slowdown in the rate of decline in house prices" across Prime Central London, reports Cluttons, with an 11% jump in the number of viewings conducted by the firm indicating that things…