The Market
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
Diversifying Assets & Risks: London buyers widen the net
'One client who couldn’t afford what he wanted decided to buy a commercial property with permission to turn to resi instead, costing him £600 psf as opposed to £800 to £1,000 psf'
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
The Downsizing Dilemma: Why the government needs to up its game
Plans to offer financial incentives to encourage people to downsize in retirement are 'politically toxic' and 'insufficient in the face of the scale of the problem', argues Stacks' chief
Super-Prime Squats: Empty homes and emptier promises
Unfolding events in Belgravia raise some big questions
Vancouver to rein-in foreign buyer levy
Canadian city with a runaway property market rethinks 15% additional tax