The Market

An estate agency has worked out how much you need to earn to buy a property in the top 1% of the property market across England & Wales...

Latest figures from HMRC point to a 'subdued' performance in the final quarter, but housing experts say 2024 has started on a brighter note.

Latest Coutts analysis points to where prices have reached new highs; and which districts are currently offering the 'best value'...

Knight Frank is advising property developers to 'replenish their land banks to keep up with improving housing demand.'

18% fewer prime London properties have been sold in January this year than in January 2023, according to the latest LonRes data for PrimeResi.

'A third consecutive monthly increase in mortgage approvals demonstrates that market momentum continues to build,' comments Foxtons' boss Guy Gittins, as the latest BoE data shows a continued recovery…

'The upwards trajectory in the super-prime lettings market looks set to continue,' says Knight Frank's Tom Bill, as PCL's sales market remains 'uneventful'.

Propertymark's latest survey of estate agents confirms a slowing sales market.

Downsizers aged over 55 are sitting on nearly £3tn in property equity, according to Jackson-Stops.

The imbalance between rental supply and demand 'continues to unwind', says Savills.

Some 70% of residential property developers surveyed by Knight Frank would rather see Keir Starmer in Downing Street than a Tory or Lib Dem leader.

Zoopla recorded a sharp increase in property sales and London buyer demand in the opening weeks of this year.