The Market
Seven trends in the UK property market
Including a 57% jump in online estate agents' market share
Government proposes a ‘radical’ ban on new-build leasehold sales
The DCLG wants to “ban new-build houses being sold as leasehold as well as restricting ground rents to as low as zero”
Three cities are driving demand for Brownfield development land
Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds are the key hotspots, says Knight Frank - but Savills flags Bristol as the rising star
Prime London’s post-election ‘paralysis’ bucks 20-year trend
No post-poll rally this time round, says Garrington; market now 'teeming with opportunities' for astute buyers...
‘We are entering a period of belt-tightening’ as the property market plateaus – UK Finance
Gross mortgage lending totals £22.1bn in June
Transaction numbers dip below 100,000 for the first time this year
Deal numbers have been pretty consistent for the last 12 months
We need an end to the Brexit uncertainty, but there are other worries piling up on the horizon
'The current situation is eerily similar to the Phoney War between September 1939 to April 1940, when many Britons daily expected a major calamity, but nothing happened'
Currency Matters: Understanding how currency shifts affect global property markets
Knight Frank's Taimur Khan delivers a briefing on the implications of currency movements on residential real estate markets
Prime London deal drought hitting stamp duty revenue
Buying agency Turnbull estimates £266.05m collected in SDLT across prime London during H1 2017, 4.9% down on H1 2014
High Court overturns RBKC permissions after ‘calculation error’
Judge quashes consent for two amalgamation projects in Notting Hill and Kensington over future housing land supply workings...
Record levels of unsold new-build stock in London
Molior puts current total at 26,573 units after Q2 construction surge
Brexit has not stymied property price growth as much as expected, but the market is slowing
PwC revises its house price forecasts