The Market
Gross mortgage lending reaches highest level since 2008
The Council of Mortgage Lenders estimates that gross mortgage lending reached £19.9bn in December. That's is 3% lower than November's £20.5bn, but 23% higher than December 2014's £16.2 bn.
In A Real Estate: How government remedies gave us the worst of all worlds
The current situation facing the UK property market demonstrates the perils of government intervention, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Clapham outperforms as Emerging Prime outshines Prime
On the whole, London's Emerging Prime districts performed slightly better than their Prime counterparts in 2015, according to Douglas & Gordon's latest figures.
Osborne ‘has done more for the rental market than any other Chancellor in history’
According to the - pretty roasting - heat map below, virtually every borough in Zones 1 and 2 turned in a 4%+ annual increase in average rental values last year.
RBKC to publish planners’ advice
Kensington & Chelsea Council is to start publishing the pre-application advice given by its planning officers.
Buy-to-let rush drives an ‘unusually buoyant’ market – RICS
Demand for residential properties rose in December to a three-month high, with anecdotal evidence suggesting that a buy-to-let rush ahead of April's 3% SDLT levy is at least partly to blame, says the Royal…
Countrywide confident on profits after ‘encouraging’ Q4
Britain's biggest estate agency Countrywide has reported an "encouraging" Q4, despite the general slowdown in transaction volumes and uncertainty around buy-to-let stamp duty and mortgage interest relief.
Transactions surge with December deal numbers up by 11.6%
108,710 residential deals went down in December, according to seasonally-adjusted numbers from HMRC.
That's a 1.9% increase on November's number, and a chunky 11.6% above last December's tally;
PCL Winners & Losers 2015: Knightsbridge top of the flops as Islington outperforms
Average values in prime central London ended 2015 up 1% after a flat December, according to Knight Frank's year-end tallies.
McCloud’s HAB debuts ‘custom built’ Oxford scheme
Kevin McCloud's development firm HAB Housing has launched an interesting high-end project on a hillside site near Oxford.
Cambridge, London and Bristol outperform as investors drive house price growth
The rate of house price growth across 20 of the UK's top cities has pepped up t0 +11.4%, from +10.2% the previous month and +8.9% twelve months ago, as property investors make a serious impact on the market.
‘Now is not yet the time to raise interest rates’ – Carney
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has ruled out an imminent interest rate rise.