Sales
Mayfair market ‘as hot as the weather’
Wetherell reports tucking away a raft of high-end instructions as the area's inventory swells
Asking price discounts begin to narrow in central London
UK city house price inflation at +4.6% in the 12 months to June 2018, says Hometrack; potential for recovery in transaction volumes as London vendors get real
PCL sales market ‘recovers some poise’
Transaction levels are still on the low side and upper-end prices continue to adjust downwards, but the worst appears to be behind us, says JLL
‘Significant’ rise in down-valuations, say mortgage advisors & agents
'Surveyors are prophesying a crash' warns Emoov boss, picking up on a trend for down-valuations noted by Coutts back in April
Uncertainty hammers UK’s auction market
EIG reports "alarming" drop-off in lots offered and sold
First-time buyers outpace home-movers for the first time since 1995
The number of home-movers dipped by 1% in the first six months of this year, says Lloyds Bank
Market Snapshot: King’s Cross
Achieved prices, transactions and viewing levels all on the rise in the regenerated hotspot, says Knight Frank
Hot or Not: Ranking the top 10 national & London micro-markets for buyers & sellers
The five toughest places to sell a property are currently in London, according to a new 'house selling weather forecast' tool
House prices post slowest annual growth since 2013 – UK HPI
The average property price in Greater London has fallen by 0.4% in the last year, according to official figures; it's the worst-performing UK region
Bulk buyers behind nearly 40% of London’s new-build sales
Over 2,000 new-build units offloaded in bulk deals during Q2, while private sales tanked by a third
Slowdown in buy-to-let transactions ‘is not necessarily bad news’ – LendInvest
"A ‘buy, hold and remortgage’ strategy is some investors’ preference while the market works through a possible slowdown", says LendInvest
The top of the market is now driving growth in London – LSL & Acadata
Turnaround in the capital as the three most expensive boroughs outperform