Format: News
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 33, 2024
Buying activity has slowed, but a relatively high number of prime London property listings are being repriced this Summer...
Buyers now ‘value transport links more than square footage’ in post-Covid shift
New survey suggests priorities are returning to pre-Covid times, following the well-documented 'race for space'.
Countrywide Surveying installs New Build Director
Morné Jacobs has moved from Lloyds Banking Group.
American real estate agents adjust to seismic new commission rules
US broker fees could fall by 30%, suggest analysts as new NAR policies come into play.
Rental price growth ‘stabilises’ in prime global cities
'Even the luxury sector is subject to affordability constraints', says Knight Frank as it heralds 'an end to the substantial upward repricing' of rental markets in key global cities.
Peak lettings season will be extra-competitive this year, warns London agency
Traditional influx of students & corporate tenants is being boosted by demand from aspiring homebuyers, according to Chestertons.
Savills bolsters Buckinghamshire sales team
Agency brings in two new recruits at its Beaconsfield base.
Herman joins DDRE Global as luxury brokerage targets Home Counties market
Expansion beyond the capital is 'very much a natural next step', says the high-profile firm's founder Daniel Daggers.
London’s new homes market picks up after election lull
Knight Frank reports uplift in viewings & offers, and reveals which schemes have been proving a hit with new-build buyers.
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 Hamptons, Rightmove, Knight Frank, DDRE Global, the ONS, MT Finance & more...
Rightmove raises property price forecast despite asking price dip
Housing market activity is running well ahead of last year, prompting the property portal to anticipate a 1% increase in average asking prices through 2024.
‘Council tax & stamp duty are unpopular, unfair & impractical’: Pressure builds for drastic property tax reform
A former advisor to Rishi Sunak - who also devised the Covid furlough scheme - has come up with 'a practical alternative to replace Stamp Duty & Council Tax'.