The Market
Guilt Tax: Will it jive?
A rejig of Council Tax price bands could have worked - but probably not now, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Manchester, Birmingham & Edinburgh tipped for 20-30% price surge
Regional cities have lots of room for growth over the next four years, says Hometrack, while questions surround the "sustainability" of pricing in the capital...
£1m+ sales volumes ‘surprisingly robust’
A million-pound-plus home was sold every 27 minutes across the UK last year, reports Savills
A 1% interest rate rise would cost mortgage-holders £10bn
A 1% rise 'would add £10bn to the UK's mortgage bill', says Savills, which works out at around £930 per year per mortgaged household...
The Chiltern Firehouse Effect? It’s been more of a slow burn in Marylebone…
Andre Balazs' A-list establishment is only part of the reason why Marylebone is now outperforming all other areas of Prime Central London, notes Knight Frank...
Super-prime Surrey enclaves outpace PCL as buyers search for landed mansions
'The prime Surrey market has become like that of Central London in several ways,' say Beauchamp Estates and Barnes Private Office
Opportunity Areas: London’s future housebuilding hotspots
Humberts assesses the potential opportunities and returns for residential developers in each of London's boroughs over the next ten years
Store Credit: How Harrods influences the Knightsbridge property market
Analysis looks into the 'Harrods Effect', finding that stable pricing and significant premiums surround the famous department store...
Deal numbers hold steady in January
Transaction volumes were 0.1% lower in January compared to the same month last year
Momentum swings back to sales in the super-prime Home Counties
7.2% fewer super-prime properties were put up for rent in the Home Counties last year compared to 2016, report Knight Frank and Rightmove
Millennials’ home ownership hopes dashed by a broken housing market
The latest report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies provides clear evidence that getting on the housing ladder has become a distant dream for many;
The bottom of the prime resi market in London may have passed six months ago
'They don’t ring a bell when sentiments change from a Bear to Bull market, but if they did, the sound would be deafening!'