Sales
London’s super-prime sales pipeline surges as wealthy buyers return from the USA & Middle East
A busy summer of high-end dealmaking points to a strong sales season through to November at least.
Buyer demand drops but record low stock props up house price growth – RICS
Surveyors have reported the steepest decline in home-buyer enquiries since the early days of the pandemic.
UK Finance: ‘House purchase activity looks to have returned to pre-pandemic norms – for now’
"It is too early to predict when escalating cost-of-living pressures will begin to bear down on effective demand," says UK Finance.
Abrahmsohn: What effect will ‘Trussonomics’ have on resi property?
Unless the economic scene changes dramatically, a cataclysmic collapse in property values is unlikely, says the Glentree boss.
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Property transactions to tumble 12% as prices flatline next year, predicts Hamptons
"Winds of change" are blowing through the housing market, says Hamptons, as the estate agency predicts 15.
‘We keep waiting for house prices to plateau, but it’s just not happening’
London estate agency Benham & Reeves expects house prices to rise by another 5% before the end of the year.
UK house price growth has peaked – Knight Frank
Top agency's August market snapshot tells of easing buyer demand across the country - but there's a "strong appetite" for higher-value homes in prime London.
Mortgage lending dips but approvals rise
The property market is "rife with nerves", says Knight Frank Finance after looking at the latest BoE mortgage numbers.
PCL apartment market poised to spring back – LCP
‘There may be buyers who look back over their shoulder with the benefit of hindsight and wish they had taken advantage of this market,’ says investment firm.
Zoopla flags ‘signs of demand weakening in high value markets’
Rising mortgage costs are likely to dampen the property market in the coming months, says Zoopla.