The Market

Knight Frank's Prime Global Rental Index rose by 1.6% in the final quarter of 2012, taking the annual increase to 5.1% and putting the index 20% above its post-financial crisis low in Q2 2009.

The first uplift in country house prices since 2011 has been recorded by Knight Frank's Prime Country House Index, although values remain roughly around 2004's levels and performance has depended greatly…

It'll cost you five gold bars to buy a house in prime central London these days; five years ago, it would have cost ten.

The House of Lords' rejection of coalition plans to allow double-size planning-free extensions to properties for three years will not, according to the Government, change anything.

Whilst the latest data from Land Registry's House Price Index showed an overall year-on-year drop of 15% in the number of transactions across the UK in December, it was different rules as usual for the…

A year after it was published, and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) properly comes into force today. The guiding force of the document is a "presumption in favour of sustainable development.

The Budget's hints of relaxed planning regulations, the temporary office-to-resi permitted development right and the impending NPFF are just the beginning of a developers' free-for-all and a war on the…

As the Royal Borough announces new planning guidelines, we asked four of the area's top buying agents for their take on "iceberg houses"... Guy Meacock, Head of London Region, Prime Purchase

Hurford Salvi Carr has decided to scale-up their AST Management team and bring it back to Central London. Natalie Doyle will be the new face in charge of things.

The return of the domestic buyer has driven a mighty Q1 for Jones Lang LaSalle, as the firm reports being involved in almost £1bn worth of residential transactions so far this year.

What does today's Budget mean for HNWs? Mishcon de Reya break it down to give the skinny on tax implications for the wealthy.

Average UK house prices rose just 0.2% in February, whilst prime central London property prices went up by 0.9% to take the annual increase to 8.4%, according to Knight Frank's latest Market Update.