The Market
Upside Town: Regional prime cities continue to outperform
Property price growth in the country's top prime regional cities - Bristol, Bath and Cheltenham - is still out-gunning most other market segments, says Knight Frank, as an ever-growing imbalance between…
London asking prices drop 2.9% in a month – but it’s just the Summer lull
Fully in line with the normal Summertime lull, says Rightmove
Massive stock surge hits rental prices; London records first annual drop in six years
A flood of properties has hit the lettings market over the last year and it's having a big impact on prices, according to Countrywide - London has just recorded the first annual drop in rents in six…
Building London: Mapping how development activity in the capital has changed since 1900
This is quite interesting.
Estate agency regulator issues warning on illegal ‘portal juggling’
Estate agents indulging in "portal juggling" - relisting the same property over-and-over on portals to artificially drum up interest - have been warned that "they could be prosecuted and face a ban from…
Singapore government mulls building HDB flats in prime areas to promote equality
Singapore's National Development Minister Lawrence Wong said the government is considering building public flats in prime areas, like the planned Greater Southern Waterfront, in order to make the city…
A ‘bumpy ride’ ahead as economic turbulence strikes property markets
The wait-and-see approach is spreading beyond buyers and sellers...
Westminster named ‘London’s most lenient borough’ after approving 99% of new homes requests
Despite all the Brexit uncertainty, new home approvals in London unexpectedly rose to 6,310 in Q2 2016, with Westminster "soaring ahead" in terms of approvals and applications.
Shadows of Gentrification: Why we need to know who owns our cities
"The term 'gentrification' does not quite capture the massive changes that have been happening in a growing number of cities worldwide in the last few years"
‘Reports of a crisis are unfounded’ as property listings remain constant
It's fine, says estate agency Jackson-Stops & Staff after trawling through Rightmove to compare pre- and post-referendum property market conditions.
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House price growth ‘runs out of steam’ – RICS
Residential property price inflation stumbled in July to its lowest ebb in three years, and surveyors' near-time expectations have taken a gloomy turn, says the Royal Institute of Charted Surveyors.
‘Significant opportunities’ in London’s prime fringe as new-build premium tumbles
With value the name of the game at the moment, it sounds like owner-occupiers who've previously dismissed London's new developments would do well to take another look...