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Flood risks ‘yet to hit house price growth’
Property prices in many of the UK's most flood-prone locations have increased faster than their surrounding local area over the last ten years...
PCL buyers facing ‘fragmented’ market as top dealmakers go it alone
Keeping tabs on all the new independent operators is a 'nightmare' for those who don't know their way around, says Black Brick
Prime Central London returns to earth with a bump
December's deal bonanza did not carry on into January, according the latest numbers from Knight Frank
On the prime country market’s ‘dead cat bounce’
Atrocious weather, coronvirus, and the impending Budget have trampled on any green shoots, reports buying agent Jess Simpson...
New Reuters poll tips UK house prices to rise by 2% this year
Panel of 26 property market insiders raise their expectations as fears over over the economic impact of Brexit recede
‘London leavers’ are now younger than ever as the capital’s price premium pushes people out
You can get a lot more property for your money outside of the capital; 953 extra square feet, on average, say LonRes & Hamptons as they analyse the latest trends in "London leavers".
Grand Registry: Surveying last month’s biggest registered deals
Hampstead Garden Suburb, Chelsea & Notting Hill saw the chunkiest transactions lodged with the Land Registry in January
Mortgage approvals recover to 2016 levels
Mortgage approvals for house purchase rose to 70,900, the highest since February 2016, according to official data from the Bank of England.
‘The London market is bouncing like a spring lamb, but keep your feet on the ground and don’t always follow the herd’
Reassured by safety in numbers, househunters have flocked back to the market at the same time, writes buying agent Guy Meacock - but they now face a very different landscape...
Housing demand jumps by more than a quarter
Estate agents report 29% more prospective buyers per branch compared to last year - but no corresponding rise in supply.
How many deals are sealed after a single viewing?
Over 15% of one major agency's sales last year took place after the buyer had seen the property just once...
House prices in all English cities have now returned to 2007 peak levels
Average property prices across UK cities have increased by 3.9% in the last year, says Zoopla, but the portal "does not expect a material acceleration in the rate of growth in the foreseeable future.