The Market

"The number of Manhattan apartment sales greatly increased in the four weeks leading up to July 1," says New York real estate website City Realty from across the pond.

How's this for a soft launch... Over 1,000 buyers have already enquired about apartments in the soon-to-be-transformed Shell Centre, less than a week after the registration process began.

All this unpaid work is making life so tedious that it's almost not worth doing the job at all, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...

In stark contrast to what's being going on in the sales market, average rental values across prime London are now 7.4% higher than they were at this point last year.

Rental values in prime central London have dropped - albeit by the smallest of measures - for the first time since February 2014. July saw PCL rents fall by 0

"Asian cities are rising up the rankings," says Knight Frank, as seven of the top ten cities in its Prime Global Cities Index are now based in the Asia Pacific region

December's Stamp Duty reform probably hasn't had that big an impact on the £2m+ property market, argues CBRE.

Nearly 50% of the SDLT revenue hitting the Treasury's coffers is being generated via transactions in the capital, according to new research. K

Sales transactions in prime central London rocketed by 21% in Q2 compared to Q1 of this year, says JLL, but levels are still 32% down year-on-year.

Speculation is mounting over a potential sell-off of London's inner-city prison sites for resi redevelopment.

The trophy house will continue to sell but the buyer’s market has returned, says LonRes Chairman William Carrington...

Despite what you might have read, there was no big rebound for the prime London resi market after the election.