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Rightmove raises property price forecast despite asking price dip
Housing market activity is running well ahead of last year, prompting the property portal to anticipate a 1% increase in average asking prices through 2024.
Prime London ‘remains very much a buyers market’, says estate agency
Most areas of prime London have seen per square foot values fall in the last year - but one enclave has seen double-digit growth...
Ranked: Britain’s fastest-moving property markets in 2024
OnTheMarket's new index reveals that homes listed for sale in Prime Central London are taking twice as long, on average, to secure a buyer as in Plymouth or Newcastle.
Death, taxes & PCL property: ‘I can afford to live here, but can I afford to die here?’
Many will strongly object to the UK's current tax plans, yet needs must, writes Jamie Hope
Prime London sales market in post-election bounce
Deals started flowing again last month, new LonRes data shows, but are the conditions in place for a sustained recovery?
Industry Reactions: House prices rise for a fourth consecutive month
Official data suggests property values have increased by an average of 2.7% in the last year - but transaction volumes are dramatically lower than in previous years.
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 32, 2024
A third fewer sales were agreed across London's prime postcodes last week compared to the same period last year, but more homes went under offer, and a relative flurry of new instructions hit the market.
Home-buyers turn to short-term finance to save sales chains
Growth in bridging loans 'seems to be fuelled by the urgent need to prevent chain breaks in property transactions,' say lenders.
Exodus or exaggeration? Top advisors reveal how HNWIs are really reacting to the UK’s non-dom changes
Featuring insight from Hamptons, DDRE Global, Property Vision, Haringtons, Black Brick, Middleton Advisors, Harrods Estates, Sotheby's International Realty, Forsters & more...
Indian buyers are driving the luxury property market in North London
DDRE Global says 40% of large apartments sold in St John's Wood in the last year have been snapped up by buyers of Indian origin, who now account for half of all active HNW buyers in the area.
Property lawyers dwindle as transactions tumble
Real estate lawyers have seen their caseloads fall by a fifth in last year, according to Search Acumen.
Offer numbers drop off in Prime London
Buyers in the prime postcodes were more focussed on their summer holidays than moving house in June and July, reports Knight Frank.