The Market

Most Londoners would choose to live in Hampstead if money were no object, according to new poll, but what's the reality of buying or renting in this much-loved urban village?

Resi receipts up 19% on Q2 2016; annual total hits record high of £8.9bn...

"The Global Financial Crisis has fundamentally changed the UK housing market" says Savills

"Deep" tax cuts are all but inevitable, regardless of whether the final EU deal is "hard" or "soft", claims Peter Wetherell as part of a "don't wait to buy in Mayfair" pitch.

'In the capital, you pay an average premium of 13% for a house located near a primary school rated Outstanding by OFSTED, its highest-performing category'

Including a 57% jump in online estate agents' market share

New study reveals the global web of IFCs and offshore tax management

The DCLG wants to “ban new-build houses being sold as leasehold as well as restricting ground rents to as low as zero”

Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds are the key hotspots, says Knight Frank - but Savills flags Bristol as the rising star

No post-poll rally this time round, says Garrington; market now 'teeming with opportunities' for astute buyers...

Deal numbers have been pretty consistent for the last 12 months