Sales
Bargain hunters are queueing up for deals, snaffling around for the last crumbs of the previous bear market
Enquiries have picked up noticeably following the unexpected landslide electoral victory, writes Trevor Abrahmsohn, but sellers will still need to keep their expectations in check...
Mapped: Prime London price & rental growth
Latest quarterly stats from Knight Frank show St John's Wood outperforming, with South Ken, Canary Wharf and Marylebone lagging behind...
Ranked: Britain’s fastest & slowest places to sell a home
It took the average vendor 256 days to sell their property in 2019 (from first listing online to sale completion as marked by the Land Registry), although there were wide variations between different locations;
‘A positive close to the year as confidence returns to the housing market’ – NAEA
Another market report tells of improved activity in the wake of December's General Election.
Election ‘bounce’ sends top-end prices soaring in PCL
Average house prices in the top decile were up by a 'staggering' 109.3% over the final quarter, reports London Central Portfolio
Twelve reasons why Prime London is ready to rebound
Fund manager-turned-PCL buying agent Fraser Slater explains why 2020 will be a pivotal year for the Prime London property market, with the scene now set for significant increases in both prices and volumes...
The number of UK home movers has risen by 13% in the last decade – but fallen sharply in London
Lloyds Bank has compared 2019's mortgage numbers with those of 2009...
Country house market activity blossoms, but prices are unlikely to rise
Knight Frank's country house team has reported its busiest opening to a year for two decades, but the firm cautions that "rising activity levels are unlikely to translate into house price inflation in…
New platform promises to streamline probate property sales
Free-to-use 'hub' launched for the legal sector
Simon Edwardson of Northacre on resonating with super-rich buyers
The sales boss of London-based luxury developer Northacre explains how the firm goes about creating landmark schemes that hold appeal on the world stage, and why he isn't worried about the prospect of…
Knight Frank reports dramatic surge in new buyers as interest ‘explodes’
The agency's London offices registered more new buyers in the second week of January than during any week in the last fifteen years, with numbers up 92% on the same point last year...
Charted: European rental Vs house price inflation since 2007
House price growth in the EU has been lumpy since the global financial crisis, while rental prices have climbed at a fairly consistent rate over the last 13 years...