The Market

Westminster is considering issuing an unprecedented enforcement notice that would require the recreation of a demolished pub "in facsimile" within 18 months.

The Lonres Residential Review, Spring 2015: The sales market. As befits an election year, demand levels have dropped and, as a result, so have transactions and values.

Conditions in the residential rental market of prime London remain more bouyant than the sales market, although there is still an air of caution among tenants.

Growth in the UK economy in 2014 stands at 2.8%, the highest rate recorded since 2006.

Average greenfield residential development land prices fell by 1.8% in Q1, says Knight Frank, taking the annual change to -0.

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 has reported raking in total revenues of £33.1m in Q1, down 3.1% on the same period last year.

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.

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.

Lonres Chairman William Carrington looks back on a period of declining transaction levels and deflating prices...

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…

It’s not nosey. Just interesting to see the type of stuff that’s going through planning at the moment…