The Market
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 44, 2025
There was a post-Budget surge in transactions at this time last year.
Charlie Wells: On steering a course through the pre-Budget country market
It's looking like a challenging run-in to the end of the year, but there is still plenty of life in the old dog yet, reports Prime Purchase's MD.
Savills cuts mainstream house price forecasts again
Average property values likely to increase by 22.2% over the next five years, say analysts, as regional price divides narrow.
Chancellor ‘sets the context’ for tax-hiking Budget
Without making specific policy announcements, Rachel Reeves has indicated significant tax rises are coming this month.
The London ‘anti-bubble’: Ollie Marshall on finding value amid the global froth
Bubbles are everywhere these days, writes top buying agent - but a growing cohort of investors is finding shelter & opportunity in the UK capital’s unloved prime property heartlands.
Zoopla declares ‘the end of the Forever Home’ as younger homeowners become ‘more realistic & flexible’
Survey suggests a quarter of 18-34 year-old homeowners view their property primarily as 'a financial asset that should be leveraged when the market is right,' rather than as a permanent base.
Prime London rents rise ahead of the Budget – Knight Frank
PCL values rose 1.9% in the year to October - the biggest uplift since last summer - while average gross yields have hit a near 20-year high.
Budget 2025: The luxury property industry’s hopes, fears & expectations
PrimeResi has surveyed 50 industry leaders, including estate agency owners, sales brokers, buying agents, luxury developers, financiers, legal advisors, and more.
Westminster’s rental licensing scheme launches this month
New rules for some central London landlords kick in on 25th November 2025.
Rumourmill: Treasury mulls ‘supercharged’ Council Tax on high-value homes
Council Tax is viewed as the 'least bad' way of raising more revenue from the property market.
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
Your essential five-minute briefing on the latest market movements & commentary, featuring data and analysis from Zoopla, HMRC, Rightmove, Nationwide, Knight Frank, Savills, BoE & more...
Tom Bill: Mansion tax plans resurface as Prime London prices slide
Just over 150,000 properties in England & Wales would be affected by a rumoured levy on homes valued above £2mn, reports Knight Frank’s head of UK residential research - with two London boroughs accounting…