The Market

What is the point of property forecasting, asks Camilla Dell...

Prime property's £3 billion man Trevor Abrahmsohn rails against Miliband's latest "Desperate Dan" proposal... Ed must have a very low opinion of the Labour voters in Eastleigh.

Savills' residential property auction, held on Monday, broke the firm's capital value result record, bringing in over £50m through 195 lots (Savills' largest catalogue for two years).

It looks as though Finchatton has got it right again - the 3,000 square foot, three-bedroom showcase apartment in the firm's latest development has been snapped up after what sounds like a global bunfight.

The number of housing transactions continues to grow across the UK property market, according to the latest RICS housing market survey (the UK's longest-running house price survey).

Hot on the heels of yesterday's Prime Rental Index, Knight Frank's spoiling us with more stats;

Cluttons has appointed Zoe Innes as Partner for Residential Lettings, responsible for lettings operations across all of the firm's nine Central London offices.

Deloitte Real Estate's Matthew Lodge assesses the market's reaction to tax charges on high-value residential property. On 31 January draft Capital Gains Tax (CGT) legislation was published.

A positive start to the year for Chesterton Humberts, with the agency reporting "a welcome uplift in both sentiment and activity entering 2013," with an upbeat sales market boasting more stock, "sustained"…

Interesting noises from the Douglas & Gordon camp this morning, with reports of a 50% year-on-year increase in the number of offers made in January.

Despite a 23.2% year-on-year increase in applicant numbers in the three months to January, rents in prime central London fell 0.

Strutt & Parker has added to the positive waves in 2013's property market so far with a batch of market stats and the news that the agency has been "specifically charged with selling 1,000 residential…