The Market

Taxing mansions has been the talk of the town for four years now, but August was a bit quiet on the Mansion Tax front.

How much of this "housing bubble" is actually media-driven, asks Trevor Abrahmsohn... As hip-hop raconteurs Public Enemy advise, "Don't Believe the Hype"

The most expensive residential property to be sold in July was Number Two Holland Park, for £23.3m, according to the latest set of Price Paid stats from the Land Registry.

Reports from the ground suggest that South East Asia's famed appetite for investing in London's property market is showing no signs of waning.

The average price of a modest two-bed flat in prime London could hit seven figures by March if things carry on like this.

2013 is turning out to be a pretty good year for the resi development market.

Price reductions at the top-end of the property market are falling: 20% of £1m+ homes currently on the market have been reduced in price, compared to 28% at this time last year, according to some research…

Planning Minister Nick Boles has (nearly, finally) published a new national online planning guidance resource for public testing and comment.

Prime central London property prices rose for the 34th month in a row in August, according to the latest from Knight Frank, with a 0.6% month-on-month increase taking that rise to 4.

The number of estate agencies going bust in Britain has leapt by 57% in the last 12 months, according to a report by accountants Wilkins Kennedy.

Stamp duty is now at a level that jeopardises the economic viability of a property purchase; a sliding scale would make far more sense, says David Hannah...

Jones Lang LaSalle has joined the flurry of firms significantly revising their market predictions up for the rest of the year and beyond.