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Resi land values soften amid housing market uncertainty
The market backdrop remains challenging, but there are some early signs that activity is picking up.
Confidence amongst top-end home-movers has bounced back to where it was in early 2022
Savills has surveyed 1,200 prospective prime property buyers and sellers to see how attitudes have shifted in the last year.
Asking prices nudge upwards as deal numbers recover
The property market is showing "unseasonal pricing restraint", says Rightmove as the average UK asking price rises by just 0.2% in the last month.
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, ONS, Foxtons, JLL, Arcadis, OnTheMarket & more...
‘Lower-value markets are holding up better than expected’
The chaos that followed the mini-Budget affected UK property markets at all price points, says Knight Frank's Tom Bill - and all sectors now seem to be recovering.
Sellers behaving badly: Buying agency warns of ‘an increasing trend towards vendors changing the goalposts at the last moment’
Bill Spreckley of Stacks Property Search has some sage advice for house-hunters dealing with tricky vendors.
Ranked: Britain’s overseas buyer hotspots
The number of foreign buyers entering the property market across England and Wales increased by 3.2% over the last year - with some areas seeing surges of up to 18.8%.
House prices & transaction volumes continue to fall – official data
Industry Reactions: Property insiders weigh-in on the latest UK HPI, which tells of another fall for property prices in February.
London’s runaway top-end market falters
But a surge in under-offers could see a bounce-back in Q2.
Top US broker warns UK property market is ‘sailing into the eye of the storm’
Ryan Serhant thinks values could tank by 20% as the market adjusts to higher mortgage rates - but industry folk in the UK vehemently disagree...
Currency Matters: Timing is everything, but the message is still the same
The only real difference between financial markets and real estate is liquidity, explains David Huggett.
May & June will be defining months in the 2023 market
Buying agents Richard & Sophie Rogerson on navigating a new normal in Prime London...