The Market

The Help to Buy Scheme may be a brave effort, says Trevor Abrahmsohn, but the Government needs to deal with the banks and the planners if it really wants to provoke a healthier property market...

Scottish house sales are on fire. Q2 figures from Registers of Scotland show an 8.1% increase in sales volumes - that's an extra 1,491 homes being sold - compared to 2012's second quarter.

Luxury property developments in Soho have seen the biggest per square foot price gains over the last year compared to other areas in PCL, rising by over 14%, whilst prices in Knightsbridge have risen by…

London's resi development pipeline is likely to pump an extra £8bn into the UK economy, according to some research by London Central Portfolio.

Savills' latest Residential Property Focus (for Q3 2013) asks whether the mainstream market is in a full-on recovery, or whether its just a temporary reprieve - as happened in 2010.

London's wealth is yet to flow out into the regions, says Lucian Cook in the latest Savills Residential Property Focus.

Soames, the Chelsea-based lettings agency, has been bought by mainstream chain Belvoir as part of a pretty aggressive acquisitions spree that sees the firm make its first foray into the prime London market.

Resi land values in prime central London shot up by 4% in Q2, whilst prices across the UK rose by an average of 1.2%, according to Knight Frank today. This means that average UK values have risen by 1.

Knightsbridge and Mayfair are the most expensive parts of London to rent a two-bed flat (avg.

The newly-toughened-up Part L of the Building Regulations has some very noble aims to tackle climate change by making new-build homes significantly more energy efficient.

News of another important branch opening now, with Savills confirming a permanent foray into well-heeled Marylebone.

Amoral lobbying is just a symptom of a broken consultation system, says  London Central Portfolio's Naomi Heaton after an eye-opening experience on the Ensuring the Fair Taxation of Residential Property…