The Market
Property price inflation continues to lose steam – UK HPI
The average property price has fallen by 0.2% over the last year in London, while annual house price inflation at the national level has slowed to 3.2%
The five ‘property tribes’ set to influence the future of the UK housing market
Onesies, Rusticarians, GloMads, Waltons & Sundowners: Who are they, and what do they want?
London’s super-prime lettings surge slows
17 tenancies agreed at over £8,000 per week in PCL between January and August 2018, down from 26 during the same period in 2017
Have we reached peak London?
London is at the edge of a major inflection point, argues Mark Kleinman, Professor of Public Policy at King's College London. Could the capital's 30-year growth spurt be coming to an end?
Government moves to ‘end the unjustified selling of new houses as leasehold’
Communities Secretary James Brokenshire has launched a technical consultation into leasehold reforms, proposing that new lease ground rents be capped at just £10
Landlord acquisitions tumble by 30% – Hamptons
Buy-to-let investment has slumped to its lowest level in five years
Wealthy students drive lettings deal surge in prime London
Transactions in Q3 were up by nearly 50% on Q2, reports JLL, with well-off students "underpinning the market"
Asking prices see lowest Autumn bump since 2010 – Rightmove
Higher-value 'top of ladder' homes saw the biggest asking price growth in the last month; smaller units the weakest
Lord Best to lead probe into estate agency regulation & mandatory qualifications
Government follows up on plans "to raise standards across the property agent sector" with a new Working Group of industry experts
Prime Central London is already on the turn, says buying agency
"The evidence is growing that the market has not only bottomed out, but is showing signs of accelerating", according to Black Brick
Ranked: The ‘fastest moving’ property markets in Britain & London
Homes for sale in Edinburgh take the shortest time from first listing to going under offer; London is one of the stickiest regions
Savills predicts 6% house price ‘bounce’ for post-Brexit PCL
"Our five-year projection may look ambitious at this moment of peak uncertainty," says Savills' research chief Lucian Cook, "but it looks pretty modest when viewed against history.