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Fresh forecasts released this week have predicted another challenging year ahead for the PCL property market. Yet, as buying agent Toby Downes explains, the world's elite purchasers are thinking big-picture.

As the market outlook brightens, property portal Zoopla has opened its data banks to highlight some of the key user trends & buyer behaviours of the past 12 months.

'The chance of a sale agreed in December reaching completion before next April [when Stamp Duty bills will go up] is now close to a coin flip,' warns Hamptons.

Top-end residential markets are set to under-perform mainstream UK housing, says top consultancy.

There is a 'clear distinction' between the availability of sub-£5mn & £5mn-plus properties in PCL right now, says Eccord.

5% fewer sales were agreed across the capital's prime postcodes in Week 48 2024 than in Week 47, and 6% fewer than in the same seven day period last year

Political & economic uncertainty hit prime property markets in 2024, but a spring rebound is on the horizon.

Everyone is a bit poorer and no one is that happy, but at least buyers & sellers can now get on with their lives, writes Property Vision's co-founder.

London was the only major international wealth hub to see an increase in £10mn+ home-buying activity in Q3, says Knight Frank.

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'The mortgage sector is set for an extremely busy end to 2024 and an explosive start to 2025,' declares Alexander Hall chief Richard Merrett, in response to the latest Bank of England data.

Property portal expects UK house prices to increase by 2.5% in 2025 and by 7.5% over the next three years.