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Exploring a ‘big shift’ in London’s super-prime market
Knight Frank's Daniel Daggers has noticed a new pattern in the capital's £10m+ property sector this year...
Another London agency reports rising buyer activity levels
Chestertons joins Knight Frank, D&G and others in flagging up a noticeable increase in new applicants and viewings
Swimming through treacle: Why 2018 was a year of sweet deals in a sticky country house market
Some tremendous country properties have been secured well below the initial guide price this year, writes Jamie Freeman of Haringtons, but it's been very hard work for those tasked with the job of finding…
Q3’s transaction tally was 4% lower than last year – and nearly 9% lower than in 2015
“HMRC Stamp Duty statistics do not paint a rosy picture of the UK housing market," says London Central Portfolio's Naomi Heaton, "with neither the buyer nor the Exchequer winning out"
Luxury new-builds are shaping ‘prime property hotspots of the future’
17% of £1m+ sales across England & Wales are new-builds, according to Investec Private Bank, which argues that "new-builds are redefining UK prime property sales trends," driving demand for prime homes in…
Knight Frank predicts positive price growth for prime markets in 2019, but mainstream house prices are set to fall
Mainstream UK house prices are likely to be 10.3% higher by the end of 2023, says KF, while Prime Central London is set to slightly outperform, rising by 13.7%
UK buyer numbers at six-year low – NAEA
The average number of applicants registered per estate agent branch fell below the 300 mark in October
PCL deal numbers sink to a paltry 70 per week
Transaction volumes in the most expensive postcodes are now running at below the levels seen during the Global Financial Crisis, according to LCP; investment firm predicts further branch closures as estate…
PCL market suffers a setback as recovery stalls
Prices and transactions slipped back in Q3, reports JLL, with annual deal numbers now at their lowest ebb since 2009
The state of London’s new-build market in four graphs
Latest quarterly survey reveals a record number of unsold completed units, and a slowdown in construction starts
Gazumping levels drop across the country – but soar in London
One in four UK buyers has been gazumped in the last year, says Emoov; that figure rockets to two out of three in the capital
Stamp duty receipts up on Q2 but down on last year as Hammond ‘misses a trick’
Latest statistics from HMRC show overall SDLT receipts in Q3 were up by 14% on Q2, but down 9% on the same period last year...