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Spring buying season begins with ‘more of a whimper than a bang’
London buying agents expect most of the action will be happening off-market in the coming weeks.
Prime property price growth ‘stabilises’ across London and the country
'The gap between prime buyer and seller price expectations have widened,' warns Savills, as top-end house prices prove resilient.
Agency reports £100mn deal flurry in historic London neighbourhood
Knight Frank has tucked away five 'outstanding' sales in St James's in recent weeks.
‘Reassuringly uneventful’: Stability returns to the prime London market, for now
'Some will be reassured by the current period of uneventfulness and take it as an opportunity to act', suggests Knight Frank, but this rare window of calm is unlikely to last...
Higher-value lots in demand at auction, says Savills
A pair of development opps near Buckingham Palace fetched well over their guide price at the firm's latest live-streamed event.
Drop-off in PCL buyer demand is ‘a temporary dip’, says estate agency
London estate agency reports a fall in demand for both prime and super-prime homes in the capital through Q1.
Home-buyer demand has fallen 22% in the last year
Just over four in ten (42.6%) homes listed for sale in England in Q1 had already found a buyer, down 5.7% in the last quarter and 21.6% in the last 12 months.
Mortgage approvals rise for the first time since August
But approvals are still running a third below their pre-pandemic average.
Scottish estate market cools, but prices remain high
Gross investment in Scottish estates dipped in 2022 as £1mn+ activity refocused to urban centres - but country estate prices remain at historically high levels.
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 LonRes, Foxtons, Savills, Knight Frank, HMRC, OnTheMarket, Propertymark & more...
Tom Bill: What does the higher bank rate mean for the UK housing market?
Lenders are tinkering with mortgage rates as a contradictory set of events unfold but higher rates are here to stay, says Knight Frank's head of resi research.
Ranked: The UK’s best places to live in 2023
Wadhurst in East Sussex has been crowned the overall winner in this year's influential Sunday Times rundown.