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The top end of the Edinburgh property market stirs into life but ennui remains the norm
Savills recently called Edinburgh the "standout star" of the UK prime market, with +7.4% annual property price growth;
Prime property demand builds, but fails to translate into activity in a ‘Brexit-paced’ market
Demand is building in prime regional and prime London markets, says Savills, but prices continue to fall as uncertainty 'dictates the pace'
Ranked: Prime London’s top-performing postcodes
W8 was the hotspot for high-end deals last year, according to granular analysis of Land Registry transaction data across the prime postcodes, with 148 sales registered above £2m;
Country house price growth sinks to a five-year low – but activity picks up
Knight Frank predicts 8.2% price growth for prime regional property prices by 2023, with 'relative value' driving demand in more rural locations this year
Buyers start moving as demand rises in prime London, but vendors hesitate
Knight Frank reports a 7.5% rise in the number of offers made in prime London, despite fewer properties coming to market.
Mapped: The ripple effect of Brexit uncertainty
Annual price growth across over half of London’s boroughs is now in negative territory, notes buying agency Turnbull Property
‘House prices in London are starting to firm’ as regional cities start to moderate
For the first time since August 2015, every city tracked in Zoopla's UK Cities Index recorded rising property prices in February.
Mortgage approvals dip – but not by as much as some thought
Data mix-up at UK Finance causes dramatic but erroneous 'six-year low' headlines.
Market Snapshot: Tower Bridge
'The normal churn is beginning to return', says Knight Frank's team on the ground
Agency closures predicted as London’s lurgee spreads to the regions
Investment firm LCP foresees further branch closures and consolidation as new analysis show transactions and prices falling in every sector – Prime Central London, Greater London, and the rest of England…
Property demand ‘nears a seven-year low’ as ‘buyers approach the market with caution’
There was an average of 252 would-be buyers registered per estate agency branch in February, according to the NAEA. That's 18% fewer than a year ago, and 46% fewer than in 2016.
Historic Hotspot: Chelsea named as one of the world’s top ‘luxury neighbourhoods to watch’
Venerable PCL enclave picked alongside up-and-coming districts of Boston, Dubai and Shanghai in rundown of 18 locations 'set to outperform' in the year ahead, after suffering one of the biggest slowdowns…