The Market
Residential development land prices dip for first time since 2012
Average greenfield residential development land prices fell by 1.8% in Q1, says Knight Frank, taking the annual change to -0
Ale Be Back: Demolished Maida Vale pub to be rebuilt?
Westminster is considering issuing an unprecedented enforcement notice that would require the recreation of a demolished pub "in facsimile" within 18 months.
Th
Transactions tumble as house prices stumble – Land Registry
House prices across England and Wales have dropped by 0.8% since February, according to the latest batch of Land Registry data, taking the annual price change to +5.3%
Foxtons blames sales dip on election slowdown
Foxtons has reported raking in total revenues of £33.1m in Q1, down 3.1% on the same period last year.
First time buyers drive a 20% surge in prime London demand – Marsh & Parsons
Overall demand for prime London homes has shot up by 20% in Q1, says Marsh & Parsons, with first time buyers and investors each accounting for nearly a third of sales
The Lonres Spring Review: Carrington on Q1
Lonres Chairman William Carrington looks back on a period of declining transaction levels and deflating prices...
In Recent Proposals: Notable small-scale planning applications
It’s not nosey.
Buy-to-let landlords ‘seriously in the dark’ on annual running costs
It's been claimed that some UK landlords are overestimating their potential buy-to-let returns by up to 50%, as new research puts the total cost average annual cost of running and upkeep of a BTL property at £…
Students overtake financial sector as PCL’s biggest renters
New research has claimed that students are now the biggest renters in prime central London, overtaking the financial sector in terms of numbers and shelling out an average of £28,866 a year in rent.
Th
Election ‘sweeteners’ could fundamentally change the UK housing market
Edward Burton looks back on a week of extravagant promises and headline-grabbing announcements, including that worrying mention of an additional rate of SDLT for foreign buyers...
Th
Talking Stock: Analysing PCL’s key residential supply trends
The number of dwellings in the Royal Borough has barely altered since 2001 and some of prime central London’s golden postcodes have actually lost stock, according to some eye-opening new research into the…
A Vote of Consequence: General Election outcomes and the UK housing market
Becky Fatemi of top-end agency Rokstone takes a look at how the results of next month's General Election could impact on new development, affordability and prices...
Whi