The Market
Prime country house market snapshot: Q3 2017
Prices are still sensitive as stamp duty continues to hamper top-end country house sales, says Savills
London’s unsold new-build stock mountain piles up
London's unsold new-build stock mountain piles up
£16.5m “refurb-to-rent mansion” on Cumberland Terrace offered for £10k per week
A newly-renovated Grade I listed former embassy building is being pitched as "Regent's Park's first purpose-made refurb-to-rent mansion"
London property prices fell by 1% in a month
Cash sales account for 30-40% of UK property transactions, says the ONS
Chancellor mulls SDLT cut for first-time buyers
Hammond is considering "bold measures" to "restore intergenerational fairness" to the housing market
The average asking price jumped by 1.1% in the last month – Rightmove
But the portal warns that "New sellers’ pricing optimism may be unfounded in some parts of the country" as deal numbers drop
Notting Hill mansion to become UK’s first Bitcoin-only instruction?
Vendors keen to "shift some perceptions" about digital currency
Prime Scottish property values pick up as demand escalates
Country house prices increased by 0.2% in Q3, while Edinburgh has seen a marked rise in £1m+ deals
Bristol flying high as ‘UK’s fastest property market’
On average, it takes a mere 34 days to find a buyer in the West Country hotspot
Resi auction sales hit five-year high
"Bidders seemingly not unnerved by talk of impending interest rate rises"
Minister pitches SDLT cuts for energy efficient homes
Property owners need "carrots and sticks" to incentivise energy efficiency improvements in homes