The Market

"Those who earn their income through property will pay significantly higher tax bills" as a result of recent tax reforms, says the NLA.

Carter Jonas surveys local property markets in: Basingstoke, Bath, Cambridge, Harrogate & Leeds, Marlborough, Newbury, Oxford, Winchester and York.

ONS data puts 2017 total at practically half pre-recession levels

Prices slashed on nearly half of all London homes in the £1m-2m range, with discounts of up to £900k in "extreme" cases...

Total returns look set to rise, says Knight Frank, as rental values bottom out...

John D Wood's Edward Hall in discussion with LonRes' Head of Research, Marcus Dixon

“The prime central London market may be bottoming out," says Savills' research chief, "but we don’t expect a return to growth until there’s greater clarity regarding the Brexit process".

Nearly 17% fewer instructions above £2m last year...

Agencies queue up to rate the least worst options for frequent rail travellers...

Not much, say civil servants, except in prime London...

Halifax records annual inflation of 13% in the horsey Gloucestershire spa town, higher than any other UK town or city - and five times the national average...

A timely macro primer from Jonathan Michie, Professor of Innovation & Knowledge Exchange, University of Oxford