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New Year demand for property up 50% – Zoopla
“There are signs that the imbalance between demand and supply is starting to ease,” says Zoopla in its latest market update.
Buyers splashed nearly £500m on top-end country estates last year
Sales in the 10m+/100-acre category hit their highest level in a decade in 2021, with domestic buyers dominating proceedings
‘Flying start’ to 2022 for Beauchamp’s new homes division
PCL agency hints at further expansion as new homes team secures £500m in new instructions across the UK
Chain-free properties sell for 11% more than entangled homes
New research estimates a sizeable price premium for property sales that are not reliant o other transactions...
Pandemic ‘redraws UK house price map’
The combination of the race for space, a stamp duty holiday and an ongoing affordability squeeze has ‘altered the landscape’, says Knight Frank
Stamp Duty receipts jump to deliver record year for HMRC
SDLT & ATED raised £5bn more last year than in the previous period.
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: What lies ahead in 2022?
London's prime property market is still facing some big challenges, but this has the potential to be a key year, writes Hugh Obbard...
Secret Agents: Quiet listings & off-market property deals have soared in the last year
More than 135,000 homes were sold without ever appearing on a property portal or being publicly advertised in 2021, according to new data, while a quarter of £1m+ sales in London were off-market deals.
Post-Christmas supply builds as Omicron uncertainty fades
The lifting of restrictions this week could see the supply of property re-build and normal house price economics return, says Tom Bill.
Estate agents report highest ever number of December house-hunters
"Although December shows the usual festive lull compared with previous months, demand has still been incredibly high when compared against pre-pandemic data with more house hunters registered than in any…
Global resi investment outstripped offices for the first time last year
Total investment volumes bounced back 'very strongly' in 2021, reports Savills, as more funds looked to get into real estate
Vendors stirring after banner year for high-end country house market
2021 saw the highest number of £5m+ country house sales in 15 years, according to new data from Knight Frank