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'Almost overnight, the market tilted away from investors,' says Hamptons, 'meaning far fewer homes have been added to the rented sector' in the last decade.

Buying activity has been 'stable' so far this month, says portal, but 'it’s too early to tell what may happen later down the line' as geopolitical instability affects the global economy.

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Estate agency reports improved instructions, agreed sales, enquiries and viewings numbers in February.

Energy price shocks are lifting swap rates, complicating the outlook for rate cuts and potentially squeezing the Chancellor’s headroom, explains Knight Frank's UK resi research boss.

Sentiment around London property price growth cooled sharply in February, according to the latest RICS survey.

There was a spike in news sales instructions across London's prime postcodes last week, but agreed sales remained thin on the ground.

Savills says top-end country house prices are 'starting to stabilise' after their post-pandemic correction, flagging particularly strong demand from American buyers...

The buy-to-let boom that began in the late 1990s may now be hitting a 'landmark moment of contraction' as tax changes and red tape bite.

Rightmove's analysis is based on asking prices, and only includes addresses with at least five open-market listings in January.

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Research suggests 18% of properties bought for more than £1mn since 2010 and sold again in 2025, went for less than their first purchase price.