Sales

"Opinions are increasingly divided as to whether the property market is enjoying a temporary blip in activity due to the released pent-up demand, or whether what is being witnessed is a ‘once in a generation’…

Bridging the gap between buyer expectations and seller sentiment will be one of the major challenges in the months to come, writes Richard Adamson...

More positive noises from the front line as Chestertons reports a 46% jump in new applicants and takes another look at its price predictions for 2020;

House prices are likely to fall by 7% as a result of Covid-19, predicts Oxford Economics - but the risks are "heavily skewed" towards much, much bigger price falls of almost 40%...

The number of properties going under offer in June was just 5% below last year’s levels, reports LonRes, while achieved prices were only marginally down...

The 33-year-old firm developing two of London’s landmark prime resi schemes saw a threefold increase in sales enquiries in H1 2020, and is expecting demand to rise as supply levels shrink

Revised five-year forecasts suggest more muted price inflation in Prime Central London, following the Covid-19 crisis.

Sales activity has "rallied noticeably" since May, report surveyors.

Difference between renting and owning the same £10m property could run into thousands a month, says Enness Global

'The decline in sales volumes has bottomed out and it appears the same thing is happening with prices', reports Knight Frank

Fine & Country and Dataloft have analysed what's happening at the top of the property market, number-crunching movements in the top 5% of sales.

Revealing data from B2B platform LonRes 'demonstrates the increasing volume of serious purchasers looking to buy now'