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London’s new-build market suffers as starts, completions and sales tumble
Construction starts in London totalled just 3,400 units in Q2, according to Molior, well down on last year's quarterly average of 5,800;
‘Transaction levels indicate that the markets are relatively stable during this time of economic & political uncertainty’ – Strutt & Parker
Transaction volumes in PCL grew by 5.3% from H1 2018 to H1 2019, says Strutt & Parker, driven by a quite dramatic surge in activity under £2m
The Homemover Wave: Understanding consumer behaviour during the moving process
The UK's homemovers spend an extraordinary £12bn each year on consumer goods whilst going through the process, according to new research by TwentyCi;
‘Remarkable’ decline in genuine live/work options across London
Gentrification and Permitted Development have reduced supply levels to a handful of options each year, according to specialist warehouse agency London Lofts
Ranked: Britain’s top towns for student housing investment
"Student housing is the most mature of the UK’s purpose-built rentalised residential markets," says Savills, offering up some First Class opportunities for property developers and investors - but it’s…
The PCL sales market bear run looks to be nearing an end – JLL
Things are 'gradually turning a corner', says the agency, after recording an upturn in transaction levels and instructions, and price declines slowing across London's most expensive postcodes...
Average time taken to sell in England & Wales rises to 60 days
The average period between initial marketing and securing a buyer was a mere 36 days back in 2014...
Surveyors return to pessimism as the property market flatlines – RICS
"The latest RICS results will provide little comfort for the market," says Chief Economist Simon Rubinsohn, "with all the key indicators pretty much flatlining"
Prime London price rises ‘an indication that the bottom of the market has been reached’ – Coutts
"Prices are edging up" and gazumping is back in prime London, Coutts bank tells its HNW clients - "but don’t get excited"
DAMAC chief: ‘I see 2019 as a year of opportunity in London’
Current uncertainties around Brexit offer just the right conditions to strike great property deals, says billionaire Emirati developer Hussain Sajwani...
Mapped: Average rental & sold prices across prime London this year
Latest visual from LonRes shows the spread of average rental prices per week and sold prices per square foot during H1 2019
Cutting Stamp Duty ‘could boost transactions by 40% and tax revenues by £9.8bn’
According to buying agency Ludgrove's workings, a 36% reduction in Stamp Duty rates across the board would likely lead to 40% additional transactions in England per annum, in turn generating an extra £1.