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Under offers piled up as the lockdown halted prime London’s property market recovery
Nearly a third (30%) more London homes were marked as "under offer" at the end of March compared to the same time a year ago, according to LonRes data mined buy Coutts bank, as deals piled up under the…
Listen: Knight Frank’s research unit launches podcast series
Knight Frank Research has just launched its first podcast series, aiming to "break down the news and delve into the intelligence behind the property market headlines."
Tenancy renewals jump under lockdown, but ‘there are signs that applicant demand is starting to increase again’
Hamptons and Knight Frank both report big increases in tenancy renewals, but both flag signs of renewed demand for new lettings despite the lockdown.
Off-plan sector facing wave of legal disputes, warns private wealth firm
Developers are already 'exploring their options' over deals where the buyers seem to have gone cold, reports Boodle Hatfield
London’s lettings market awakens, sort of
Tenants across London & the Home Counties are making plans for life after lockdown, reports Knight Frank, although more are opting to go with the status quo.
UK headed for ‘historic’ decline in housing delivery
Total private housing delivery in 2020 will end up lower than in the years following the global financial crisis, warns Knight Frank as the agency calls on the Government to intervene...
OnTheMarket touts share give-away for new contracts
"This is a defining moment for agents as they make their short-term and longer-term portal choices," says property portal boss.
Banks limit lending on high-end homes
'Using an automated valuation and a bit of Google Street View is considered too legally risky for the more expensive properties', says one lender
Deutsche Bank predicts a 20% slump for UK house prices
Everyone agrees that transaction volumes will plunge, but opinions are divided over the impact of the Coronavirus on property values...
Housebuilders begin to re-open construction sites; Government urges more
Taylor Wimpey, Vistry, Persimmon, Mace and Sir Robert McAlpine are all getting back to work - but Crest Nicholson and Redrow are maintaining Coronavirus closures.
£7.5m penthouse tucked away on Ennismore Gardens
Rare £5m-plus deal goes through in locked-down PCL
Keller Williams recruits 200th UK agent
Franchised property brokerage has ambitions to become the UK's biggest estate agency, says Russell Quirk.