The Market
Asking prices fall in May for the first time in five years
Rightmove recorded an unseasonal but not unpredictable fall in asking prices before the election.
Qataris behind £40m Mount Street mega-deal?
It sounds like a chunky deal may have just gone through on Mayfair's Mount Street.
LBTT drives record number of Scottish £1m+ sales
March saw the highest number of £1m+ sales ever recorded in a single month in Scotland, according to new research into the impact of the introduction of Land and Buildings Transaction Tax.
‘Average London house prices are likely to breach the £1m barrier before 2030’
Population, employment levels and average earnings are all set to rise faster in the capital than in the rest of the country over the next 15 years, predicts Oxford Economics, and that means that "average…
Pre-election new instructions fell at fastest rate since 2009 – RICS
Pre-election uncertainty saw new instructions fall for the third month in a row, and house prices rise again in all parts of the UK in April, according to the latest from the RICS.
PCL house price growth hits five-year low
Property prices in prime central London nudged up by 0.3% in April, says Knight Frank, to take the annual rate of growth at a five-year low of +2.8%.
Esher named most expensive place to rent outside London
New research has named Esher in Surrey as the most expensive place to rent a two-bed property outside of the capital.
Pre-election nerves were ‘more dire than the Credit Crunch’ for prime central London property
Average prices in prime central London have dropped by 8% since Q4 2014, while transaction levels collapsed by 22.
Meier on Rothschild Tower joins high-rise elite after hitting £165m in sales
The super-luxe Meier on Rothschild Tower in Tel Aviv has officially joined the world's high-rise apartment scheme elite after racking up a whopping £165m in sales.
Unjustified Euphoria: The reality of this post-election market
Gushing euphoria and breathless commentary by the prime property industry celebrating last week's Conservative victory was a touch overblown, if not foolish, says Charlie Ellingworth.
What Jitters? £24m mansion sells in Notting Hill just before the Election
Turns out there were some serious buyers around last month after all. One of the biggest deals to ever go down in W11 completed just a few weeks before the General Election, PrimeResi has learned.
Audit reveals London’s planning permission ‘postcode lottery’
Some councils in London are turning down nearly two thirds of the planning applications they receive, according to a review of all the proposals submitted over the last 12 months.