Sales
‘January sales in full swing’: Flurry of properties re-listed for sale with price cuts
Estate agency highlights a spike in the number of homes returning to the market, having failed to sell in 2023.
Rightmove reports record number of new listings on Boxing Day
'The scale of this year’s Boxing Day bounce is an early positive sign at the start of the year that buyers and sellers are out there and taking action,' says property portal.
‘Cooler market conditions could be on the turn’ in prime London as buyer demand rises
Estate agency flags an increase in top-end buyer demand across the capital through Q4.
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 52, 2023
The last weekly sales and lettings update of 2023 from LonRes confirms that top-end London property agents had a much quieter year than in either of the previous two years.
After a banner year in 2023, London’s ultra-prime property market tipped for more growth in 2024
Values & volumes in the £15mn-plus sector set to rise further over the next 12 months as more global billionaires put down roots in the capital.
UK prime resi markets are ‘close to bottoming out’, suggests Savills
A price recovery in Prime Central London 'looks well overdue', says Frances McDonald
Economists predict 5% rise for UK house prices this year
Pantheon Macroeconomics is more bullish than most.
‘London leavers’ spent 29% less on homes outside the capital in 2023
Londoners' spending on homes outside the capital has returned to pre-Covid levels, reports Hamptons.
Tom Bill: Risks change in Prime London’s sales market as the year ends
'The primary risk for London’s prime property market is now political rather than economic,' says Knight Frank's research chief, as he looks back at how 2023 unfolded, and assesses what lies ahead for…
House prices continue to fall despite improving market sentiment
'UK housing still looks expensive by historic standards,' says Zoopla, which expects prices to fall a further 2% in 2024 'as prices and incomes re-align.'
Ranked: The UK’s most expensive streets in 2023
Mayfair's Grosvenor Square claims top spot in annual Halifax rankings, despite a £3mn drop in the average value.
Cliff Gardiner: ‘There is a good degree of industry optimism around for 2024’
The view that things can only get better, shared by many Prime London estate agents, 'is based on the notion that the property market simply cannot continue to stagnate for yet another year,' says BHHS…