The Market

One West End agency has reported a massive increase in cash buyers this year, with 75% now choosing to stump up the readies for their purchases, compared to just 20% in 2012

Public support for the HS2 rail link has slipped into negative territory, according to a new survey from YouGov

There's not a lot for buyers to choose from, but the smart money's in the sub £2m market, says Douglas & Gordon's Ed Mead, as the firm reports a robust June with far fewer fall-throughs than this time …

Although 33 different nationalities have purchased super-prime homes in central London since 2009, British buyers have snapped up nearly a third of them over the last eighteen months, according to Knight …

It's not exactly ground-breaking growth, but prime country house prices have risen by 0.4% over the last quarter, giving us six months of growth on the trot according to the latest from Knight Frank

Anyone want a peek at the draft of the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings return form? Thought so.

Finchatton has just announced the sale of the final apartment at The Lansbury, its boutique multi-unit "stealth wealth" development opposite Harrods.

Very few agents can go toe to toe with Beauchamp Estates on sheer net-worth-per-client

Record prices have been "dismembering the traditional principles of valuation" in London, says William Carrington in his opinionated, informed and ever-entertaining introduction to The Lonres Summer Residential …

We all sort of knew it, but now it's gospel fact

It's time for the superb stat-fest that is the Lonres Summer Residential Review