The Market
PCL market moving again as vendors ‘over-compensate’
Average asking price reduction in the £1m-5m range was just shy of 10% over the last year - more than enough to account for the higher transaction costs, says Knight Frank
Why is the government sidelining SMEs in the battle to build more homes?
In almost every other sector apart from construction, nimble and hungry start-ups have provided the ideas and talent to drive growth, says Adam Hesse...
The number of ‘enveloped’ homes has fallen by 22%
ATED receipts are down, despite rate rises and a broadening of thresholds
Prime London Market Snapshot: March 2018
Prime London's stock of properties for sale increased last month; rental stock fell
Knightsbridge loses its shine as Mayfair developments raise the game
Mayfair is London's most expensive address for the first time in a decade, says Mayfair estate agency Wetherell, as an economic downturn in the Gulf hits demand in Knightsbridge.
Government looks to regulate the rental sector; proposes mandatory qualifications for agents & criminal sanctions for ‘rogues’
MPs promise a 'new crackdown' on rogue letting and managing agents; offending agents could face prosecution
Head-to-Head: Rental markets in Fulham & St John’s Wood
Knight Frank analyses local lettings market trends in two of prime London's favourite rental locations, highlighting a trend of easing supply.
Super-prime Cresswell House deal crowns a record six months for Beauchamp Estates
Beauchamp's Marylebone branch has completed on £60m-worth of transactions in its first six months
The Right Side of the Park: How Bayswater became PCL’s hottest ticket
Recently picked out alongside super-cool districts in LA, Sydney and Singapore as having significant potential to outperform, we hear why W2 has (finally) arrived...
The total value of the UK’s housing stock has reached a high of £7.14 trillion; here are nine charts to put that in context
Savills tots up and presents the total residential property wealth of the nation in infographic form, charting price inflation, house-building numbers, regional variances and more...
People are moving less often as the housing ladder evolves to have ‘fewer rungs’
Savills maps where in the country properties change hands most - and least - frequently
Ranked: Top 10 areas for rental price inflation
Hackney tops the list, with asking rents rising by two thirds in 10 years