The Market
Government targets gazumping in a new consultation on the home-buying process
Sajid Javid launches another industry consultation, calling for evidence on "making the home buying process cheaper, faster and less stressful for those involved"
Gleaming Spires: International students & the PCL lettings market
It's become less expensive to live and study in London of late, and top agents are reporting a surge in applicants with money to learn...
Over half of properties formally change hands on a Friday
Analysis of Land Registry records "reveals" the most popular day of the week for transfers...
“A continued surge of interest in the Home Counties lettings market”
Knight Frank has seen an 11% increase in corporate relocation enquiries in the prime Home Counties - and a massive rise in new tenant applications as renting becomes "the go-to approach for families moving…
UK real estate sector ‘not ready for GDPR’
Significant tightening of data protection regulation less than a year away, but survey finds 35% of real estate and construction firms have "no awareness at all"
Trendwatch: Return of the original Sloane Rangers
Buying agent Sara Ransom on the retirees trading country idylls for the stomping grounds of their youth...
Government calls for evidence to help improve the leasehold & property management system
The DCLG asks the industry if a new independent regulatory body is needed - and if separate bodies should be established for both leasehold and private rented management, and letting agents.
“Long Life Loose Fit”: Architectural design notes for the Private Rented Sector
Top architecture practice Liftschutz Davidson Sandilands outlines the design elements required to create high-quality & future-proofed rental properties.
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