The Market
How have the world’s top resi markets been performing this year?
The latest instalment of Knight Frank’s Global Residential Cities Index, which tracks the performance of mainstream house prices across 150 cities, sees Shenzhen continuing to lead the world rankings…
‘We need better designed houses’ says the new Prime Minister
Theresa May picks up the keys to No.10 Downing Street this afternoon, completing the deal rather more quickly than expected.
Strutt & Parker hires new National Head of Lettings
Strutt & Parker has appointed Kate Eales as its new National Head of Lettings.
Four thoughts on what’s next for the property market
Measured musings on how the UK, London and PCL markets currently stand
Deals are back on the table as prime central London transactions jump 29% (from a low base)
Deal numbers in prime central London rallied by 29% in the week following the Brexit vote (compared to the same week in May), says Knight Frank, but, as already reported by Savills, prices dipped in June…
The big trend in London’s lettings market? A lack of definable trends…
As well as plunging the economy into turmoil, the EU vote has played havoc with Benham & Reeves' Lettings Heat Map.
Mapped: Prime London property markets in the year to June
It's a patchy picture across prime London's sales and rental markets, with headline numbers disguising some significant differences between local areas.
Supply and demand in UK property market ‘broadly unchanged’ says Leeming
On the day we awoke to the shock news that we were on our way out of the EU, Jackson-Stops & Staff showed some presence of mind by analysing over 750,000 live UK property listings (90% of the national…
Sealing The Deal: How to ensure a safe journey to completion
28% of buyers in the last two years have had a purchase fall through after their offer was accepted
Brexit offers government a ‘chance to save face over SDLT fumble’
Recent SDLT changes have proved to be a bit disastrous for everyone, says Banda Property boss Edo Mapelli Mozzi, but there may be cause for hope...
Harrods Estates bolsters Middle East Lettings Desk
Harrods Estates has strengthened its Middle East Lettings Desk with a new hire.
Mohamed Zaghloul joins as Lettings Negotiator from Foxtons, where he worked on sales and lettings across RBKC.
McGrath masterpiece hits the market at £9m
Breathlessly described as "one of the finest and most iconic houses to have been built in Britain in the first half of the 20th century", the remarkable St Ann's Court has just been listed on the open…