Sales

Property consultancy recorded a 14% jump in Prime Central London sales in Q2, while the pace of price declines seems to be easing.

Estate agency boss heralds 'particularly encouraging' signals after checking property portal listing activity in the capital.

Exchanges are down 10%, buyer registrations are down 14%, and average prices have fallen by 5% in the last year, reports Knight Frank.

Fewer than a third of consumers now expect prices to rise over the next 12 months, down from more than half last year, according to latest OnTheMarket poll.

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Knight Frank says buyers are still prepared to 'leapfrog the market' when best-in-class options come up.

'June’s survey results offer some cautious encouragement that the worst of the slowdown in market activity may be beginning to pass,' says Head of Market Research & Analysis Tarrant Parsons.

As we pass the halfway point of the year, the latest LonRes figures reveal what's really going on in the prime postcodes.

While climate-related risk is widely discussed, the immediate impact on the luxury homes market is not, writes George Seatter - and insurance placement is emerging as one of the biggest deal blockers around.

5% fewer sales were agreed in Week 27 this year compared to last, while 16% more rental deals were done.

Agency reckons speeding up transactions could tempt a sizeable cohort of would-be movers off the sidelines, and says scrapping stamp duty would have an even bigger impact.