The Market
Ranked: Which regional towns have the fastest-growing proportion of asking price reductions?
When central London was on the up in 2013/14, rising property prices rippled out to outer boroughs and beyond, to commuter towns.
Another firm calls the bottom of the London house price slowdown
It's a rather toned-down version of calling the bottom of the market, but another firm has started using "bottom of the slowdown" language to describe London's property landscape...
Take a hike: National Trust in ground rent storm
The National Trust has found itself in the middle of a storm over ground rents, after it was revealed that some of its tenants face eye-watering hikes of "up to 10,000%".
Why Britain will continue to punch above its weight
Worry not about the future for post-Brexit Britain - it's time to get behind the nation, says a fired-up Trevor Abrahmsohn...
The Big Short (Let): Is Airbnb becoming the new buy-to-let?
There's been a huge jump in the number of properties being listed for short-term rental on "sharing economy" portals such as Airbnb, leading the Residential Landlords Association to ask "Is Airbnb becoming the…
London house prices and household incomes: Borough-by-borough ratios
Kensington & Chelsea is the most expensive place to own a home in London, says Cluttons after totting up house price-to-earnings ratios across the capital.
Prime Central London stabilises, but it’s a divided market – JLL
There are "signs of stabilisation" in the Prime Central London sales arena, says JLL, as it reports growing transaction numbers and prices "holding firm" for the bulk of the market through the first half…
PCL values show signs of bottoming out – Cluttons
There's been a "marked slowdown in the rate of decline in house prices" across Prime Central London, reports Cluttons, with an 11% jump in the number of viewings conducted by the firm indicating that things…
No crash in sight, but London property prices ‘may remain stalled for years’
"A serious crash is unlikely" in Prime Central London, according to a poll of 14 leading economists by Bloomberg News, although property prices "may remain stalled for years".
Blinded by Transparency: How the government plans to shine a light on beneficial ownership
Given the bewildering array of initiatives proposing to shine a light on who actually owns and/or benefits from companies and trusts, there is a real danger of clients being blinded by transparency, say…
House price growth recovery from mid-2018, Brexit permitting – Countrywide
UK's biggest estate agency group releases updated forecast...
August lull chills asking prices by nearly 1%
"The heat has come off much of the market", says Rightmove