Sales
Post-lockdown buyer surge prompts agency to reconsider forecasts
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;
Economists predict ‘a slow recovery in activity, but a relatively benign outcome for house prices’
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%...
‘Signs of life’ in Prime London as activity returns & prices hold up
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...
Northacre confident in PCL’s appeal as enquiries soar
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
PCL’s ‘overdue’ return to growth has been delayed to 2021, predicts Savills
Revised five-year forecasts suggest more muted price inflation in Prime Central London, following the Covid-19 crisis.
Post-lockdown property market bounce ‘may quickly run out of steam’, warns the RICS
Sales activity has "rallied noticeably" since May, report surveyors.
Super-tenants paying hefty price for versatility, says HNW mortgage broker
Difference between renting and owning the same £10m property could run into thousands a month, says Enness Global
Prime London ‘shakes off’ initial lockdown impact
'The decline in sales volumes has bottomed out and it appears the same thing is happening with prices', reports Knight Frank
Market Snapshot: Top-end sales trends in England & Wales
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.
Buying agents on the hunt for over £1.2bn worth of property as purchasers get serious
Revealing data from B2B platform LonRes 'demonstrates the increasing volume of serious purchasers looking to buy now'
Forget the gloomy market data – it’s a bunfight in some parts of London…
The headline figures may show prices falling, but the reality is that buyers in many prime areas are facing stiff competition for anything decent, warns Black Brick
Ranked: England’s fastest & slowest-moving post-lockdown markets
"I can’t see there being a mass exodus from the capital but it does look set to be much more challenging for sellers of more expensive properties in zone 1 and parts of zone 2 who are looking to sell…