The Market
Central London’s ‘new-build crisis’: Over-supply and falling values are ‘a major concern’
Demand seems to be drying up for new-build apartments in central London as planning pipelines balloon, reports investment house London Central Portfolio, with a worsening case of over-supply - which the…
Grosvenor unveils ‘UK’s most sustainable period rental properties’ in Belgravia
119 Ebury Street was selected by Grosvenor, in collaboration with Westminster Council and Historic England, as a sort of testing ground to see just how green heritage buildings can go
UK house prices increased by 8.7% in the year to June, but demand is weakening
The UK's average house prices ticked up by 1% in May to take annual price growth to +8.7% (up from +8.5% last month), according to the latest UKHPI, released today.
Planning system in gridlock as delays become ‘severe’
The planning system is in "gridlock", according to a new investigation, with developers and homeowners thwarted by "severe" delays in decision making.
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…
Camden sets up Design Review Panel
26-strong panel of experts
Building London: Mapping how development activity in the capital has changed since 1900
This is quite interesting.
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.
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…