Sales
Asking prices dip despite continued home-buying activity
"New sellers appear to be pricing more keenly, to improve their chances of getting a quick sale and beating the March stamp duty deadline," says Rightmove.
Twelve graphs to show why PCL is ready for a comeback
Savills is confident that Prime Central London’s property market will bounce back - as soon as international travel resumes and the streets regain their famous buzz...
Watch: ‘Exceptionally busy’ sales market continues through second lockdown
The UK property market remains "exceptionally busy", says Garrington in its latest monthly sit-rep, despite the national Coronavirus lockdown and what would normally be the start of the seasonal slowdown.
Seasonal slowdown begins in London, but activity levels ‘still tracking well above last year’
Whilst down on the previous month, enquiry levels in October were 40% up on last year's levels, reports Chestertons.
FT: A UK property market mini boom? For houses, yes — but not flats
Writing for the Financial Times' House & Home section, Alexandra Goss picks up on one of the key trends to emerge in the post-lockdown property market.
‘Medium term expectations for house prices and private rents have barely been dented by Covid’ – RICS
Strong demand continued to drive sales activity in October, according to the latest survey of Chartered Surveyors. But things are likely to turn as 2021 progresses...
Property market momentum has ‘slowed significantly’
Heat Mapped: The latest index from eSurv continues to report rising house prices - hitting record levels in some locations - but it looks like some heat is coming out of the market...
Strutt & Parker ramps up property price forecasts
Estate agency Strutt & Parker has revised its 2020 forecasts for the UK's property market after a "mini-boom" in transactions in the last few months.
On home, luxuries and necessities
It used to be a given that the closer you are to central London, the higher the per square foot value you’re paying for a home;
Early impact of second lockdown ‘bears little resemblance to the first’ – Knight Frank
'If the second lockdown is not extended, it therefore feels like it will put a small dent in the performance of a resurgent property market, but little more', says agency.
Golden Postcode Opportunity: Is Prime Central London property now cheap?
Just how far have PCL prices fallen since 2014 and how much value does the area offer as an investment in comparison to other assets?
Prime London property exchanges at third-highest level in five years as prices continue to climb
But the majority of October's property exchanges in prime London still originated in deals done before the first national lockdown, says Knight Frank.