The Market

£1.4 billion-worth of residential property has been sold in South Kensington alone this year, according to Winkworth, with international buyers flooding the market "even more so than in previous years".

The prime country house market has "come back to life" in 2013, according to Knight Frank, with a 0.8% uplift in Q3 marking the third consecutive quarter of price growth

The last three months have been the best yet for Knight Frank's super-prime team, with more new buyers looking for £10m+ homes than ever before, and the average price of the top-end's top end climbing …

Consumers' perceptions of the UK property market continue to get ever-more rosy - but are still generally morose - according to the latest sentiment survey from Lloyds Bank

There has been recent speculation that non-residents might have to start paying UK capital gains tax (CGT) on their UK property..

"We do not expect the Bank of England to move quickly to raise interest rates, once the UK passes the 7% unemployment threshold," says the Council of Mortgage Lenders, as "housing activity is set to strengthen…

"The top 10 cities in the world for global real estate in terms of both where to live and invest are all located either on the banks of a major river, on the harbour front or by the ocean," points out …

New Housing Minister Kris Hopkins is taking on the task of cleaning up the private rented sector, publishing a series of conditions that need to be met by a company or organisation setting up a redress…

Less than a week after releasing its predictions for the next five years (+24% UK-wide if you missed it), Knight Frank has been updating us on last month's activity in the UK, prime and rental markets.

New numbers from the Land Registry show a "painfully slow UK recovery", with Q3's average house prices crawling up at a rate three times lower than the long term average, says London Central Portfolio's…

Glentree boss Trevor Abrahmsohn looks back at the year that was and explains his predictions for 2014..

Another report has confirmed the escalation of demand for homes while stock levels continue to wallow