Sales

Christie's International Real Estate picks out White City as one of its 15 "luxury gems on the rise" alongside under-the-radar neighbourhoods in LA, Lisbon, Sydney and Montreal...

"Sellers increasingly understand that we are in a new norm"

On a street of 100 properties, an average of just over three were sold in the capital last year - the lowest proportion of any region in England and Wales...

The number of home movers has dropped by 42% since 2007, according to the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association

New listings in May were up by over 50% on the same month last year, reports HouseSimple, with notable increases seen in Chichester, Oxford and RBKC...

It currently takes an average of just 45 days for a seven-figure listing to secure a buyer in Cambridge, reports Rightmove...

Bayswater-based agency Kay & Co has received almost 400 enquiries from Chinese property hunters in the last three months

There's still plenty of competition for best-in-class stock, warns buying agency, as purchasers increasingly take a long-term view...

Spike in price reductions as more properties are offered for sale

There's a 'demand mismatch' between recorded sales volumes and current property portal listings, says Cushman & Wakefield

Vendors being forced to accept greater discounts to achieve a sale, says Hometrack

There's 'renewed vigour' at the very top of the market, with £10m+ pricing bottoming out at the start of this year, says Knight Frank - but values and volumes are unlikely to rise much in the short term.