Format: News
London’s £20m+ market picks up some speed
            Asking prices in the capital's ultra-prime market have adjusted more quickly to higher transaction costs, and activity levels have responded accordingly...         
    Britain ‘set for worst decade of housebuilding since WW2’
            Housebuilding numbers have fallen in every decade since the Second World War, and the 2010s are set to continue to the downward trend - despite a rising population.         
    Ranked: 2019’s top commuter hotspots
            Jackson-Stops looks into the best locations for train-going commuters into London, Birmingham, Bristol and Manchester         
    Prime regional prices fall as buyers and vendors sit tight
            Values dipped by 0.9% in Q4, taking the annual change to -0.6%, notes Knight Frank...         
    Millionaires’ Rows: Ilchester Place tops price paid league table
            Leafy Holland Park turning is now the most expensive street in England & Wales, according to Lloyds Bank         
    Light service…
            PrimeResi is running a light service this week, marking the tail-end of the holiday season. Full service with breaking news and daily coverage of the luxury property sector will resume on Monday 7th January.
        
    Quintessentially Estates launches a ‘Lifestyle Lettings’ service, with free concierge membership for tenants
            Property firm's "revolutionary offering" gives new tenants a complimentary membership to the Quintessentially Group’s concierge service         
    Sales volumes to take ‘short-term hit’ in Q1 – Sotheby’s
            UK arm of global real estate network joins others in forecasting a very slow start to 2019; US interest expected to prove a major driver as currency advantage translates into big savings...         
    ‘Brexit bargain’ in Kensington as townhouse loses a third of its value in ten years
            Wycombe Square mansion goes through at £7.7m, nearly £4m less than the vendor paid for it in 2008         
    Government looks to reform developer contributions
            A consultation has been launched to look at ways of improving the Community Infrastructure Levy to speed up housing delivery         
    Georgian wreck in Hackney fetches £1.5m at auction
            Former home of high-profile columnist, writer and Times Literary Supplement editor Philippa Toomey came with collapsing ceilings and a completely overgrown garden         
    Acorn & Galliard snap up South Bank regen site from Network Rail
            Development JV picks up 0.24 acres and a number of railway arches near Tate Modern