The Market
The Price is Wrong: ‘Incorrect’ property valuations soar by 70% in PCL
The rise of joint-agency instructions is promoting mis-pricing at the top-end of the market, argues Wetherell
Election housebuilding stats, fact-checked
164,000 homes were completed in England in 2015/16. This is more than in recent years, but still below the 2007/08 pre-recession peak of 200,000
Super-prime deals still few and far between in London
Just nine £10m+ sales recorded across prime London during Q1, reports Turnbull Property
Is Brexit affecting home-movers’ plans?
Not really, concludes Cluttons
Properties are for sale on over a third of London’s streets
Vendors increasingly in competition with their neighbours, says Hamptons
Stamp duty receipts reach a record high
3% of all tax receipts come from stamp duties
Record number of unsold new-build units in London
27,000 new homes in the capital are yet to find a buyer, according to Molior data
Prime Central London prices turn up as optimism returns – JLL
Sale values rise for the first time since 2014
What economics has to say about housing bubbles
'Intuitively, a bubble (and this applies to any asset, not just real estate) exists when the price of an asset is over-inflated relative to some benchmark.
Kensington’s ‘candy-cane’ townhouse can stay stripy, rules High Court
RBKC slammed for 'improper use of Section 215'
‘Unbelievable’ last minute changes to the Finance Bill put non-doms in limbo
Significant proposals dropped from Finance Bill 2017 at the eleventh hour cause uncertainty for taxpayers, says accountancy firm
£10m+ Territory: London’s top streets for super-prime buyers
Since 2011, super-prime buyers have spent over £1.5 billion at just five exclusive addresses in the capital...