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Housing market activity ‘unlikely to shift up materially in 2020’ – RICS
Surveyors predict 2% growth for UK house prices this year, but no improvement in transaction volumes
‘Signs of recovery’ for prime London’s property market as prices turn up
Q4 2019 saw the first quarterly increase for average property prices in Prime Central London in four years, according to Savills
Country house market remains flat
Prime regional property prices fell by 0.8% in 2019, says Knight Frank, and have been flat or falling for the last three years.
Ranked: Britain’s best value commuter towns
Zoopla reveals Britain’s most affordable towns for rail commuters to London, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester and Edinburgh
Ranked: Britain’s most popular house-hunting locations
Bristol was 2019's most-searched location outside London for both buyers and tenants, according to new Rightmove data. In London, Wimbledon was the most popular location for would-be buyers;
PCL agencies were sharing just 60 sales per week in 2019
London's most expensive postcodes put in a 'very weak' performance this year, reports investment firm LCP, with sliding prices and precious few deals to go round...
Zoopla predicts 3% growth for property prices in UK cities in 2020
The average property price in a UK city has increased by 54% over the last decade; London has seen 74% growth.
All is calm, all is bright: Post-election thoughts
There is no denying the instant relief felt by stakeholders in the prime London property market following the general election result, write Sophie & Richard Rogerson, but there are real concerns this…
Resi investors shun Canary Wharf
Canary Wharf is transitioning into a place to live as well as work, says Savills; a third of buyers in the area are international, and over a third of households earn more than £100k a year.
Knight Frank predicts ‘rising momentum across all property markets’, with PCL set to out-perform
Prime Central London property prices are likely to rise by 18% over the next five years, forecasts Knight Frank, out-performing mainstream markets.
House price growth drops to the lowest level since September 2012
The latest official UK House Price Index tells of a slow property market in the run-up to the General Election.
Property market ‘hit a lull’ in November
The number of sales agreed fell to the lowest level in eight months in November, reports the NAEA. But improved political certainty "may trigger a flurry of activity."