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London now accounts for 40.5% of all seven-figure transactions in the UK, down from 47% before the pandemic.

Some of the heat has come out of the UK's regional markets in the wake of June's stamp duty deadline, but prices 'remain resilient in the round', reports Acadata.

The race for space is evolving - but where are buyers choosing now, and what are they getting for their money?

“We would urge the Government to undertake a full-scale review of the current stamp duty land tax system," says the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

House prices "are expected to continue to climb higher over the year to come," says the RICS, "albeit the pace of increase is likely to subside somewhat in the months ahead."

3,381 £1m-plus resi sales were lodged with the Land Registry in the capital during H1, with 117 breaching the £5m mark.

"We can confidently predict a strong end to the year," says Knight Frank, "just less frenetic than the first six months."

‘The reports that the property market reached its peak at the end of the stamp duty holiday are unfounded’, says Arlington Residential.

More than half of properties sold over the summer had three or more bedrooms, reports LonRes.

Using a very long-range crystal ball, insurance website Comparethemarket is predicting that London's average property value will climb by 63% by 2040, with the UK average rising by 58%.

Knight Frank has tucked away £100m worth of property on the Wentworth Estate so far this year, including the spectacular Villa Oman.

Rightmove has identified which locations are being hardest hit by the ongoing shortage of properties available to buy.