Sales

Rising new business leads could indicate pent-up supply in the sales market.

At the end of last year, fund manager-turned-buying agent Fraser Slater set out ten reasons why he expects Q1 2019 to mark the low point of the Prime Central London property market;

The average value of a home rocketed by 100% within five years of 1974, 1980, 1989 and 2004; it took 16 years for the same growth to be recorded to the end of 2018.

Annual change currently at -0.5%, reports LSL & Acadata, after marginal monthly rise; transactions slip to 59,100, marking the lowest February figure since 2015

The usual spring buoyancy is being weighed down by Brexit uncertainty, says Rightmove.

Stock levels may be at a record high but it has 'never been harder to see the wood from the trees', notes 'Mayfair Guru' Peter Wetherell

The latest monthly update from UK Finance indicates that more home-movers and first-time buyers were active in the mortgage market in January this year compared to last.

Britain was blanketed by snow at this time last year, reminisces national buying agency Garrington in its latest market snapshot video.

'The latest near-term indicators of housing market activity point to a significant weakening', warns the Office for Budget Responsibility, as it anticipates falling property prices and transaction numbers…

'The wearisome state of British politics that has arisen from Brexit – particularly in the last six months – continues to take their toll on UK housing,' says the Royal Institue of Chartered Surveyors.

The often-overlooked lifestyle play is a key reason why North American HNWIs have accounted for close to £250m of deals in the past two months, notes Knight Frank's super-prime specialist Daniel Daggers...

Benham & Reeves calculates the average value of a car parking space in the capital to be £218,871, more than the average house price in 176 locations across the country