The Market
Regional yields drawing Far Eastern investment
London is no longer the first choice for Far Eastern property investors, according to buy-to-let specialists Assetz.
Savills’ resi auction breaks records with £50m haul
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).
Finchatton’s £12.5m Lansbury penthouse sells within 24 hours (for £1m above asking)
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.
What have tax changes done to the prime property market?
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.
Housing transactions up for fourth month in row – RICS
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).
PCL resi development land values still rising as developers focus on capital
Hot on the heels of yesterday's Prime Rental Index, Knight Frank's spoiling us with more stats;
New lettings boss for Cluttons
Cluttons has appointed Zoe Innes as Partner for Residential Lettings, responsible for lettings operations across all of the firm's nine Central London offices.
Chesterton Humberts’ pipeline up 41% as 7.3% price growth p.a. predicted
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"…
50% hike in January offers – Douglas & Gordon
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.
Prime rents generally flat as a pancake (only W8 crept up) but 2013 could pan out well
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 gets nod for BBC TV Centre resi sales at £1000 psf
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…
Footballers coming home: Surrey tops property premiership
The transfer window's firmly closed, but the business of relocating soccer stars still has vital minutes left to play.