The Market
Ranked: The UK’s fastest-moving £1m+ markets
It currently takes an average of just 45 days for a seven-figure listing to secure a buyer in Cambridge, reports Rightmove...
Prime London estate agency looks to China for more buyers
Bayswater-based agency Kay & Co has received almost 400 enquiries from Chinese property hunters in the last three months
Valuing ‘natural capital’ could offer ‘a whole new market for land’ after Brexit
Rural land values prove resilient in the face of a Brexit 'phoney war', says Knight Frank as it publishes its flagship Rural Report, featuring an interview with Michael Gove
Unrealistic PCL buyers expecting hefty discounts across the board
There's still plenty of competition for best-in-class stock, warns buying agency, as purchasers increasingly take a long-term view...
NCA considering ‘between 120 and 130’ UWO applications
"Step change" in unexplained wealth orders on the cards, with some significant UK real estate assets at stake...
Prime London Market Snapshot: May 2018
Spike in price reductions as more properties are offered for sale
Spike in buy-to-let investors selling up
Letting agents reported a marked increase in the number of landlords selling up in April, says ARLA
‘There is no sign to date that foreign property investors will suddenly desert either London or the UK post-Brexit’ – Chestertons
Estate agency takes a measured view of Britain's post-Brexit property market
Is compliance strangling commerce?
After a tortuous experience trying to do business with the private wealth department of a well-known clearing bank, agency boss Trevor Abrahmsohn has had it up to here with suffocating regulatory restrictions...
£1m+ properties made up over 6% of Rightmove listings in March – but accounted for just 2.7% of completed sales
There's a 'demand mismatch' between recorded sales volumes and current property portal listings, says Cushman & Wakefield
London property developers have ‘renewed optimism’ – but the outlook is still quite bleak
33% of London property developers are predicting an increase in activity over the next five years, compared to just 19% six months ago
How expensive is London compared to other world cities?
Zurich and Geneva are the priciest cities on the planet, but LA residents have the most 'purchasing power', according to this year's UBS Global Cities Rankings