The Market
New home registrations hit eight-year high but London stumbles
New figures from the National House Building Council show 156,140 new homes were registered to be built in the UK last year.
Supply of available housing has ‘almost halved’ in ten years – NAEA
The supply of available housing "has almost halved in ten years", according to the latest National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) December Housing Market report, with an average of 37 properties available…
‘Relatively overlooked’ Queen’s Park goes into overdrive
Posting price growth of 9.
Halcyon Day: North London mansion goes for ‘not far off’ £32.5m
It's still only January, but one of the biggest deals of 2016 has been confirmed up in Hampstead Garden Suburb.
‘Significant increase’ in African and UK overseas buyers in PCL
There was a "significant increase" in the number of African and UK buyers from abroad in prime central London in Q4 compared to the previous year, says Strutt & Parker.
Baltimore Tower penthouses launched after first phase sell-out
Galliard has released a fresh batch of units at its major new Canary Wharf scheme, including the pair of "opulent" duplex penthouses.
‘Domesday Book’ of London’s public land goes live
A comprehensive "Domesday Book" of all the public land in London has been unveiled online.
Record revenues for Engel & Völkers as European expansion plans take shape
Multinational agency Engel & Völkers has reported a chunky rise in revenues.
2015's group commission revenues were up 36.4% on 2014's totals and hit 409.8 million euros, a new record for the firm.
Behind the Numbers: Mortgage lending is actually still 46% down on pre-crash levels
Last week's Council of Mortgage Lenders numbers (reported here) show that gross mortgage lending for the UK is, overall, on the rise.
£5m+ deals tank by over 50% in London
Transaction volumes and average values took another tumble in London last quarter, particularly - and predictably - in the upper echelons.
Chelsea police station sale sets up £150m luxury resi scheme
23,153 square foot building sits on a 0.195 acre plot at the southern end of Lucan Place
All the property in the world is worth $217 trillion – Savills
"The entire developed property universe" is worth roughly US$217tr, with residential real estate accounting for the lion's share, according to some sums by Savills; that's around 2.