Sales
Nearly 40% of London buyers tempted away from their original destination of choice – Foxtons
Shoreditch attracts the highest percentage of buyers who previously registered interest in a different area of the capital, reports the estate agency.
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
Catch up on all the latest movements and commentary in less than five minutes, featuring data and analysis from Savills, Knight Frank, Propertymark, Foxtons, Rightmove & more...
Coast Wanted: The UK’s 20 ‘best places to live by the sea’ in 2024
The Times has teamed up with Savills to profile the top property markets by the coast.
Analysis: Tom Bill on what a Labour victory means for the UK property market
Watch what the government says over the summer and what it does in its first Budget later this year, advises Knight Frank's UK resi research chief.
Richard Rogerson: The lure of political stability?
As Sir Keir Starmer prepares to enter Downing Street as Labour's first prime minister in 14 years, buying agent Richard Rogerson runs through the hot topics for HNW clients, and London’s prime residential m…
‘Weak pound’ argument for Prime London property starts to fade
Knight Frank's Tom Bill explains why international buyers might start to see their window of opportunity closing in the months ahead.
Shaun Drummond: Comparing 2019 with today, you wouldn’t even know an election was on
The palpable sense of unease that gripped London's luxury property market in the lead-up to the last election has been noticeably absent this time around, reports Harrods Estates' head of resi.
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 26, 2024
While still quieter than in previous years, buying and selling activity in the capital's prime postcodes does not seem to have been massively affected by the imminent General Election.
Buyer demand falls 16% as election & Summer holidays approach
The sales market is moving 'in line with expectations/established seasonal trends', concludes Propertymark after surveying estate agents across the UK.
Election build-up puts prime property price growth ‘on pause’, but buyer demand ‘remains resilient’
'Despite the short odds on a change in government and continued market activity, the general election has resulted in a degree of caution' in the property market, says Savills.
Jo Eccles: Three key prime property trends to watch in H2 2024
Interest rates are of greater concern than the election, the estate agency industry is changing & super-prime buyers are getting younger, reports top buying agent...
Mortgage lending drops, but remains higher than last year
Slightly fewer new mortgages were approved in May than in April, but substantially more than at the same time last year.