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Mortgage lending bounces to nearer-normal levels
67,000 home purchase mortgages were approved in November, according to the Bank of England; the lowest figure since June 2020, but near the 12-month average up to February 2020.
‘Vintage year’ for the prime country house market as top-end prices surge 20%
“I’ve never known a time like it in 30-plus years," says Rupert Sweeting, head of national country sales at Knight Frank.
Omicron puts prime London’s property market ‘at a crossroads’
Property prices in prime outer London are rising at their fastest pace since February 2016, according to Knight Frank's latest index.
‘Love at first sight’ for over two-thirds of home movers
Almost half of Brits trust their own judgement when it comes to choosing their next home, says Savills
Londoners spent a record amount on homes outside the capital in 2021
"2021 is likely to mark the largest outmigration from London for at least a generation," says Hamptons' research chief.
UK Residential Property Market: 2021 in numbers
Knight Frank presents the 12 numbers of 2021...
Four trends for Prime Central London’s property market in 2022
Harrods Estates' Head of New Developments Simon Barry, Head of Lettings Sarah McIntyre, and Residential Director Shaun Drummond share their pick of the key trends set to shape the luxury property market…
Property price increases ‘are likely to be tempered by the rising cost of living and the expected increases in taxes and interest rates’
The Chestertons team shares its five-year property market forecasts.
‘Pressure on the housing market and consequently house prices, is continuing at an unrelenting rate’ – Propertymark
Buyer demand increased again in November, while sales listings continued to fall.
PCL buying agency closes £100m of deals in ‘vintage year’
‘2021 was a year when more and more people realised they needed some professional help to secure the house of their dreams’, says Black Brick
£15m+ deals double in bumper year for PCL
32 sales were tucked away above the £15m mark in 2021, according to Beauchamp Estates, with many going to buyers in their late 20s and early 30s
Ranked: 2021’s housing hotspots, where property prices have climbed up to 31% in a year
Mountain Ash in Wales tops a list of 2021's market hotspots; the average asking price here has rocketed by nearly a third in the last year, according to Rightmove.