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Market hits a hurdle as agents ‘run out of houses to sell’
The lack of properties coming on ‘has the potential to jeopardise or temporarily cause a slow-down in the market’, says TwentyCi, as stock levels sink to an all-time low.
Why the end of the furlough scheme is likely to have a limited impact on the UK property market
A closer look at the government’s own furlough data suggests there is unlikely to be meaningful downwards pressure on sales volumes or prices when the support scheme comes to an end in the autumn, says Tom…
‘We are seeing the emergence of a giga-prime market’: The rise of London’s £100m+ homes
Renovation and conversion projects are swelling London's small but significant £100m+ property market, creating private palaces just for billionaires.
Activity surges in Prime London as confidence returns
Sales volumes in Q1 rose to levels not seen since the infamous stamp duty stampede of 2016.
‘Frenzied buyer activity’ breaks property market records
Buyer demand is "massively outpacing" the supply of homes for sale, says Rightmove, as the national average asking price surges up by more than 2% in a single month.
Charlie Ellingworth: The big question in the property market is around offices
How businesses do business and employees live their lives in the brave new world will shape both the London and country residential markets, writes PV's Charlie Ellingworth.
London’s property market is ‘most active since 2006’
March saw a 57% increase in the number of people looking to buy a property in London, and a 21% increase in the number of tenants looking to move compared to February, according to Chestertons.
Heatmapped: Where are the hottest (and coldest) housing markets across the country right now?
The annual rate of inflation in the South West is now approaching 15%, while prices in the most expensive parts of London have fallen dramatically.
PCL transaction volumes hit a five-year high
'The full force of the demand that has built up over the last year will only be felt once international travel restrictions are relaxed', says Knight Frank.
Newquay named Britain’s hottest sellers’ market
Rightmove has ranked the ten hottest buyers' and sellers' markets in Britain, based on the proportion of this year's property listings that have already sold subject to contract.
Watch: RFR’s Richard Rogerson on the state of London’s prime and super-prime markets
Richard Rogerson of property advisory firm RFR looks at how the capital's high-end resi markets have fared amid the pandemic, and considers how things might pan out in the months and years ahead...
40% of deals are being agreed off-market in some locations – Garrington
"Activity in the property market over recent weeks has been as extreme as the weather over the Easter period," says buying agency Garrington in its April 2021 market sit rep.