The Market
Below Market Value: Calculating the lower ground floor discount
With savings of up to 85% on offer in some parts of the capital, savvy buyers are taking a second look at spaces on the ground and lower ground floors, says CBRE's Mark Collins...
House of the Rising Solar Panel: The dawn of the environmentally friendly country estate
HNWs are turning to renewable energy systems as a way of powering their country estates and their public profiles, says Oliver Crofton...
Energy seems to be the topic of the moment;
The new truth about London’s north-south divide
London's north-south is alive and well - but not in the traditional way, according to new research by Garrington.
Juwai’na Buy in London? PCL property attracting more sophisticated international buyers
The appetite for prime central London property from the world's wealthy seems insatiable, says James Bailey, and international investors - particularly from China - are getting ever-more sophisticated…
Return of the Ripple: Greater London price growth outstrips PCL
The "ripple effect" is the big story in Knight Frank's latest analysis of the London property market.
Splitting the Difference: Average discount from asking price shrinks to 2.9%
The gap between average asking prices and average prices achieved is smaller than at any time since 2007, according to new findings by Hamptons International.
“Real” house prices still 16% below 2008 market peak
It's a "highly regionalised" market across the UK, according to Knight Frank's latest resi market update: average house prices across the country are 5% up on the year, with prime central London showing…
Hate Figures: The real cost of sensationalist statistics
Rightmove needs to understand the trouble its stats are causing, says an incandescent Ed Mead...
Anyone reading Twitter will have gathered I’m angry.
London asking prices rocket by an “unsustainable” 10% in a month
There's "no fear of a price bubble outside London", according to Rightmove's latest House Price Index;
“Strongest house purchase performance in five years” as lending rises 41%
Gross mortgage lending stuck at just over £16bn in September, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders. Last month's £16.2bn wasn't far off August's £16.
No More Surprises: Berkeley calls for complete review of property tax system
Keep meddling with the property taxation system and you'll put the kibosh on the housing recovery, a new report commissioned by the Berkeley Group warns the government.
Over 55s most positive as house price confidence reaches (another) record high
Homeowners are more upbeat about house prices than at any time since February 2009, with pretty much everyone thinking that their property is the most valuable its ever been and that its going to get even…