The Market
Home-buyers are ‘sensing that the window of opportunity to negotiate significant discounts may narrow soon’
'Increasing levels of pragmatic buyers are seemingly prepared to offset short-term higher borrowing costs for generous savings off purchase prices', says buying agency Garrington.
Tom Bill: Lending outlook improves but risks will remain in 2024
Psychological milestones will be important for the property market as mortgage rates continue to fall, writes Knight Frank's head of UK resi research.
Winkworth: What the Chancellor must do in the Autumn Statement
Estate agency bosses Dominic Agace and Adam Stackhouse weigh-in on what Jeremy Hunt could and should announce in Wednesday's fiscal event.
Most UK housebuilders are now offering non-cash perks to incentivise buyers
In a tough market, property developers are looking beyond pricing to attract would-be home-buyers.
Rural Retreats: Ranking England’s most popular, most affordable, and most aspirational country house locations
Jackson-Stops has looked into country house buying trends to identify England's rural retreat hotspots - and track how things shifted through the pandemic years.
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
Catch up on all the latest movements and commentary in less than five minutes, featuring data and analysis from Foxtons, Knight Frank, LonRes, ONS & more...
OnTheMarket: Pause in interest rate rises has reinforced market stability & buyer confidence
'People are breathing a sigh of relief,' says portal, although sentiment has dropped off significantly in some parts of the UK.
Traditional seasonal trends return to the rental market as ‘landlords remain confident in London’s unfailing appeal’
Tenant demand has fallen sharply in the last month, prompting Foxtons to herald 'a shift towards a more balanced market' in the capital.
House of the Rising Sun: Why Prime Central London property is out of sync with global market cycles
Various factors have led to an unusual disparity between PCL values and those of major financial hubs around the world, writes Ollie Marshall; it's no surprise that overseas buyers are making their move...
Supply levels recovering in prime London’s lettings market
The number of properties available to let is up by over 60% compared to a year ago, but levels are still around 40% below where they were in 2019.
Global residential rents tick higher but affordability begins to bite
Slower growth in top-tier rental markets such as New York and Singapore 'points to the likely direction of travel for big city markets,' says Knight Frank.
Residential transactions ‘have been considerably lower than historically’, says ONS as the official UK HPI turns negative for the first time since 2012
Industry reactions to the latest ONS/Land Registry House Price Index from Knight Frank, Savills, Foxtons, Jackson-Stops, Fine & Country, SPF Private Clients, Propertymark, and more.