The Market

The election result may have delivered yet more unwelcome uncertainty, but the prospect of a 'Soft Brexit' could be good news for both the economy and the housing market, says Charles Curran...

Major LSE study for GLA finds that overseas investment since 2010 has had a 'positive net effect on the availability to Londoners of new housing, both private and affordable'

London Great Estate backs "generation rent" with its £500m biscuit factory draft masterplan

Luton offers the highest yields for buy-to-let investors, says LendInvest

'Average price per square foot for one and two-bed apartments in reasonable condition has fallen from around £2,000 to £1,700 since 2014'

High-value "accidental landlords" are opting to sell up, says Knight Frank

Partly attributed to the 'attractiveness of the London property market to overseas investors looking to sequester their assets'

MP for Reading West Alok Sharma steps up...

London property prices nudged up by 0.7% in April, compared to +1.6% across the country

We have months if not years of muddle to come, says Henry Pryor - and fear that what you buy today may be worth less tomorrow will keep all but the bravest buyers on the fence...

New instructions down by 6% y-o-y; annual price movement now at -4.8%, compared to -5.2% in December 2016

Hard breakfast for Theresa May as the Conservatives lose their overall majority, flinging the country into yet more uncertainty