The Market

Institutional and professional investors will from today be able to track detailed rental pricing trends with the help of a new index, compiled in conjunction with an economist from the LSE.

Savills will officially open its brand new branch later this evening, slap bang on swanky Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill.

Demand for prime central London rental properties has slipped by a whopping 20 per cent since the heady days of summer, whilst corporate relocation budgets are being slashed, according to Cluttons. 

A broad base of international buyers has returned to the prime property market after the summer recess, with a noticeable upturn in transactions reported in in recent weeks, according to search and acquisition…

Completions are taking longer, despite demand continuing to move on up and an even more severe shortage of family homes than normal, according to Douglas & Gordon's latest London Barometer.

 Average rents in prime London have dropped over the last year, but there is scant uniformity across different boroughs. Savills report that Islington and Hampstead have dropped by 4.

A quick update on the "Monsieur Flip-Flop" effect that we've been keeping an eye on recently...

Chartered surveyors’ expectations for future sales have reached their highest level since May 2010, according the latest findings from RICS.

Trevor Abrahmsohn on the resilience of prime... Mansion Tax, no Mansion Tax - what’s the answer?

Prime central London prices continue to reach new heights, according to Knight Frank's latest residential property market report, climbing by 0.5% in August , taking the annual rise to 9.9%;

 To sell your property on the open market or not?  That is the question... at least in prime central London, says Robert Bailey.

The £10m+ market has had a cracking year, with prices rising 9.4% in the 12 months to August according to Knight Frank's Super-Prime London Report.