The Market
Help to Buy: A property manager’s view
No matter which way you look at it, Help to Buy can only be positive, says Rupert Collingwood...
A new young lion for Housing Ministry?
Kris Hopkins' first job should be to rid the planning system of political influences, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
£2.5bn wall of resi investment for London’s Docklands
After four years of very little action to speak of, it's all kicking off in London's Docklands after a flurry of "game-changing" resi land deals.
Booming private rental sector needs £200bn investment – Savills
The private rented sector is ballooning, with Savills estimating that, by 2018, 5.7 million in England (one in five households) will be renting in the private sector.
International tenants driving London’s rental market
International tenants account for 78% of renters in prime central London, and 56% across the wider capital, according to new research from Hamptons.
Catchment If You Can: Top junior schools chalk up 53% property premium
Savills has been number-crunching the latest stats from within the UK's prime regional markets and it looks like we've just seen positive growth across the whole of England for the first time in two and…
The myth of London’s foreign buyers
49% of all £1m+ property sales in prime central London went to foreign-by-nationality buyers in the 12 months to June 2013;
The Value of Cash Buyers: A third of property deals now mortgage-free
The proportion, if not the number, of cash property buyers is on the rise, according to a new report from Hamptons. Just over 25% of deals were for cash in 2007; 33% over the past 12 months.
House sales hit four-year high – RICS
The average number of homes sold per chartered surveyor has reached its highest level since November 2009, according to the latest RICS Residential Market Survey.
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Green & Pleasant Land: Unlocking London’s garden square premium
Prestigious and protected, the capital's garden squares are bordered by some of its most desirable homes. But exactly how much of a premium do these properties command?
Money Where Your Mouth Is: Haute cuisine heats up house prices
A top notch restaurant can "make a good location even better," raising property prices by up to 20% according to some research by Mayfair's Wetherell estate agency and Richard Caring's Caprice Holdings.
Scottish prime prices on the rise for first time in three years
The top-end of Scotland's country house market is on the up for the first time in over three years, according to the latest from Knight Frank, with interest, activity and prices increasing year-on-year…