The Market
Carrington on Q4
Thoughts on taxation, globalisation and estate agency commission from the LonRes chief
High-end rentals soar in PCL as buyers hold fire
Number of properties let at £3k per week in Q4 was up 28% year-on-year
Build-to-rent needs a ‘turbo boost’ as supply shortage continues – RICS
Rent rises to outpace property price inflation over the next five years
UK house price growth likely to slow to 3.5% in 2017
London will pick up in the second half of the year, says Lancaster University's Housing Market Observatory
London’s prime property market rallies as deal numbers and prices rise
PCL transaction volumes bounce back a bit as half of vendors cut prices to secure a buyer
Is the UK housing market broken?
In the wake of the White Paper, Trevor Abrahmsohn offers some common sense solutions to the key issues
Are prices bottoming out in prime central London?
Annual decline now stands at -6.7%, with Hyde Park (-14%), Chelsea (-13.3%) and Kensington (-11.9%) taking the biggest hits
Build fast, dense and to rent: Government outlines a plan to ‘fix our broken housing market’
Housing White Paper targets land-banking, promises to promote SME developers, and promotes the rental way
Welcome but underwhelming: Prime resi industry reactions to the Housing White Paper
Proposals to get more homes built faster and to boost the private rented sector are good, but are they enough to "fix the broken housing market"?
Australian government forces sale of over $100m worth of luxury properties
61 90-day orders issued since crackdown on illegal foreign ownership began in 2015
Beg, Steal or Burrow: Basement applications on the rise
Up by 11% in London over the last two years as homeowners look to maximise space
Right to Rent: White Paper to signal a ‘change in tone’ on government housing strategy
Conservative housing policy likely to shift tomorrow to put more emphasis on the rental sector