The Market
PCL prices are likely to bottom out at the end of this year, predicts Cluttons
2018 "to be a year of price falls" in Prime Central London
Motivation, Motivation, Motivation: Understanding the vendors that need to sell
Analysis of recent transactions prompts buying agency to propose an addition to the three D's...
Are the rich paying their fair share of taxes?
Are the rich paying their fair share of taxes, asks the Institute for Fiscal Studies' Helen Miller in this illuminating talk at the University of Manchester last year.
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Two London boroughs generating over three-quarters of ATED receipts
£126m of last year's £175m total came from Westminster and RBKC...
Government moves to overhaul the property ombudsman landscape
Consultation launched to improve the housing complaints and redress system
‘Cautious optimism’ returns to the market as property portal reports a start-of-year flurry
Asking prices, new listings and website traffic are all up, says Rightmove - but the traditional January asking price bump is still well below the ten-year average
The problem with using £psf to analyse development opportunities
Developers need to understand that we are in a very different market now, says Alexander Lewis...
‘Try before you buy’ tenants boost London’s super-prime lettings scene
"Renting becomes more accepted as a tenure model in the super-prime market", says Knight Frank
Buying in London for less than five years ‘doesn’t warrant the transaction costs’
HNWIs now seeing renting as a more commercial alternative, says buying agency
The £2m+ postcodes: Britain’s most expensive districts
There's more to a Golden Postcode than mere value, but these 12 addresses with an average price paid of £2m or more make up one of the world's most exclusive enclaves
Conveyancing volumes drop for the first time since 2011
Conveyancing volumes fell by 12% last year, from 1,077,959 in 2016 to 952,966 in 2017. It's the first annual drop in workloads since 2011, says Search Acumen, "reflecting a subdued property market".
Defining the key value drivers in property; why you shouldn’t mistake a good spec for a good scheme
The most valuable scheme to have ever sold in London had no services and a basic but elegant specification - but it offered space and scenery par excellence, says Alexander Lewis...