The Market
Property prices & transaction volumes slide
New-build sales volumes drop by 14% in Prime Central London, says LCP
Airbnb listings in London soar by 43%
Kensington & Chelsea and Tower Hamlets are the hotspots for whole-property listings, says estate agency Portico - but outer boroughs are now getting in on the short-let scene
The spotlight is on Russian money, but don’t let the few spoil it for the many
As MPs prepare to debate new sanctions legislation in the Commons next week, acquisition specialist Alisa Zotimova summarises the current mood amongst Russian buyers in the capital, arguing that whilst…
Visualising the UK property market in three diagrams
An overview of the current state of play via two heat maps and a scatter graph...
A Decade In PCL: Top-performing pockets, postcodes & villages
How have London's most expensive districts fared over the last turbulent ten years; and which historic neighbourhood has claimed a seat at the top table...
Down valuations risk scuppering deals as over half of prime London listings are discounted, warns Coutts
Falling prices & transaction numbers are prompting surveyors to mark down valuations on 40% of prime London deals, says the Queen's bank
The number of real estate companies in ‘significant financial distress’ has jumped by 46% in the last year
41,624 property business are struggling, warns a top corporate recovery firm, as the UK's real estate sector is hit particularly hard by economic headwinds
SDLT receipts plunge by 20% as transactions dwindle
It's the largest quarterly fall since 2014-15, as 69,000 first-time buyers escaped stamp duty in the year to 31st March. But the annual property tax take is 10% up on the previous year
Prices climb in UK cities, as London supply rises
'2018 could be the year when housing turnover in London starts to plateau having fallen by almost a fifth since 2014' - Hometrack
Australia, Norway & Sweden offer lessons for high quality residential development in the UK, says Government
How homes look should be just as important as how many are delivered, say Ministers at the Design Quality Conference
BBC exposes Ukrainian gangsters using PCL properties to launder ‘dirty money’
Panorama flags eight resi property deals in Knightsbridge, Kensington, Marylebone & Battersea with alleged links to 'dirty money' & Ukrainian gangsters
One Every 27 Minutes: 19,300 £1m+ property sales recorded across the UK last year
Seven-figure transactions "surprisingly robust", says Savills, with numbers beyond the capital up by nearly a third on 2014...