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Treasury eyes £1.5mn mansion tax threshold as Budget rumours gather pace
Updated: Reports suggest Treasury is considering widening the HVCTS net, potentially hitting nearly 300,000 homes.
Asking prices stage Autumn bounce, but London sellers face tough market
The average price tag on a newly-listed home has risen for the first time since May, but Rightmove warns that sellers are competing for buyers in the most crowded market for 12 years.
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
Your essential five-minute briefing, featuring data, forecasts and analysis from LonRes, Beauchamp Estates, Rightmove, Karis Capital, Savills, Knight Frank, ONS, Benham & Reeves & more...
Knight Frank research boss: UK housing outlook hinges on Middle East tensions
Markets are pricing in multiple rate hikes, but where borrowing costs go next relies heavily on a single unpredictable geopolitical risk, explains Tom Bill.
Ranked: Britain’s fastest & slowest places to get a house sale to exchange in 2026
London buyers face a much longer wait than movers in other regions.
‘There are quiet Augusts and then there are quiet Augusts’: Prime London sales hit 18-year low
Latest LonRes numbers point to a particularly slow summer for prime London - but there are signs of life at the top end.
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 37, 2026
Sales activity has picked up in traditional back-to-school fashion, but the market remains quieter than in previous years.
Industry Reactions: Official data shows sharpest London price falls since January 2024
July's UK House Price Index recorded a third month of slowing house price growth at the national level.
Picky buyers & patchwork performance: The state of Prime Central London in 2026
Fresh data and charts reveal differing fortunes across the capital’s luxury property heartlands - and offer some pointers as to what happens next.
‘The penny has dropped’: London’s supply of supersized apartments is drying up
‘Signs of urgency’ emerge around the capital’s top schemes as new figures reveal how Westminster’s size limit is reshaping the super-prime landscape.
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
Your essential five-minute briefing, featuring data, forecasts and analysis from Knight Frank, Strutt & Parker, Zoopla, Black Brick, Barclays, ONS, HMRC & more...
Berkeley calls for stamp duty overhaul as cautious buyers hold fire
London development giant wants 1% SDLT cap for first-time buyers and downsizers - and the investor surcharge scrapped altogether.