The Market
Competition heats up urban land market
            More developers becoming active, says Savills         
    CGT receipts soar as investors flee BTL
            Sell-off predicted to push receipts up to the £10bn mark in 2018-19         
    Mortgage approvals hit a five-year low – UK Finance
            Approvals on new house purchases have dropped by over 20% compared to last year...         
    Lacklustre year ahead for UK housing market – EY ITEM Club
            Economic forecasting group predicts average price growth of 2% in 2018 as fundamentals 'remain challenging'; BoE expected to raise interest rates just once, in August, but MPC could go further...         
    Prime Cuts: ‘£1bn knocked off asking prices’ in prime London enclaves
            Higher-value postcodes are seeing the biggest price reductions, discovers Garrington Property Finders         
    Land Registry cracks on with digital conveyancing
            Changes to land registration rules bring paperless property deals another step closer         
    Public register of overseas property ownership will be live in early 2021
            "World first" register is being designed to tackle money laundering         
    MPs argue to ‘make stamp duty a seller’s tax not a buyer’s tax’
            "In London the stamp duty rates are really knackering the top end of the market", says the MP for Carlisle         
    Going Platinum: Belgravia is London’s ‘most reliable’ super-prime address
            Surge in Middle Eastern interest reported in Belgravia, Knightsbridge & Mayfair as research reveals £10m+ properties in the 'platinum triangle' have significantly outperformed...         
    Since 2014, developers have built/started 18,000 more new homes in London than they have sold
            New-build sales in London plummeted by 20% in Q4 - but over-supply is still growing, warns Molior         
    Fulham flagged as slowdown central
            "No one is paying the asking price", says local agency         
    Trendwatch: The end of the London property ‘seasons’?
            There was a time when agents knew exactly when to go on holiday - not any more...