The Market
Summer Snapshot: Prime property markets in six charts
Average annual house price growth across the UK slowed to 2.1% in August, down from 2.9% in July, reports Knight Frank
Global house price index ‘nearly back to its peak’ – IMF
The International Monetary Fund's Global House Price Index "is nearly back to its prior peak".
Middle Ground: The practicalities of demolishing and redeveloping a mid-terrace property
High-profile case in Kensington highlights the challenges...
Britain is now the ‘fifth worst’ European country for buy-to-let investors
Ireland maintains the highest rental yield (7.08%) in Europe for second year in the latest "European Buy-To-Let League" table
Letting fees ban is agent’s ‘primary concern’
42% of letting agents put the ban at the top of their To Worry About list
The total value of residential property transactions has fallen for the first time since 2009
£239bn-worth of homes changed hand in the year to March 2017, down from £273bn in the previous 12 months
‘A notable change in buying behaviour’: Home-buyers oust investors in Prime Central London
"Buy-to-let investors have remained on the side-lines trying to call the bottom of the market", says London Central Portfolio
Church of England’s big parsonage sell-off was an ‘£8bn’ mistake, says campaign group
Heritage organisation questions the wisdom of disposing of '8,000' historic properties over the last 70 years
PCL resi development market ‘has staged a mini recovery’ (but it doesn’t really feel like it)
“The outlook for the Central London development market is more positive than we might have expected given the economic and political headwinds", says JLL
London asking prices tumble by 2.9% in a month
It's the first September drop for UK-wide average asking prices since 2013
‘20% of UK homes have been sold off market this year’
"Discreet marketing" becomes more popular in a weak property market, especially for high-value homes, says Hamptons
Family offices lose taste for real estate as equities shine
UBS & Campden Wealth survey records 'turnaround' in global FO investment performance over the last year