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Developers and designers can no longer expect to woo people with a white-gloss kitchen and accent wall splashed with shades of Pixie Breath or Mermaid’s Flipper, writes Richard Angel – these days, the more personalised the product, the greater the results…
Higher build costs to adhere to the government’s stricter energy requirements are already being factored into land bids, writes Lydia Mclaren…
“While a superficial look at the current market might suggest an ongoing lack of supply, activity under the radar has been continuing at a cracking pace,” writes Jennifer Campbell of Scottish property agency Baird Lumsden – which has been involved in some significant off-market deals since the pandemic hit…
HM Treasury “misjudged” the property market when it introduced the Stamp Duty holiday last year, writes Michael Ball, Professor of Urban and Property Economics at the University of Reading’s Henley Business School. “What must have looked superficially to be a wizard policy idea – stimulating the housing market and gaining political bouquets from happy buyers at the same time – has rebounded badly.”
An influx of Hong Kong residents should act to offset the negative impact of Covid on London’s population and dampen the notion that property prices are set to dive, writes Fraser Slater…
‘Off-market’ is a concept which is much overused and often misunderstood, writes Philip Harvey – but now, more than ever before, it’s the key to securing the right houses for clients…
Knight Frank’s Guy Stebbings, whose team has exchanged on well over a billion pounds worth of deals in the last six months, explains why activity levels in the resi investment market are running at unprecedented levels in the middle of a global pandemic…
Earlier this week, Capital Economics suggested a decline in London’s population could have a significant impact on its housing market, so is the current trend a blip, quickly reversed – or a turning point? Humphrey Southall looks at the evidence…
Chris Dietz takes a look at the US-led trend of real estate brokers using the meteoric social media platform to market their listings; does it actually work, and is now a good time to jump on the bandwagon?
Bayswater is the most central London location that currently looks genuinely under-priced, writes Ed Lewis, as he takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the landmark addresses lining Hyde Park & Kensington Gardens…
The capital’s finest properties will continue to trade discreetly off-market – often in a competitive field – but wider market performance will largely depend on how quickly international buyers can set foot on British soil, write Sophie & Richard Rogerson…
The government’s recent promise to make “the biggest reforms to property law in 40 years” sounded fabulous to many leaseholders and the public – but no one knows how on earth they are going to do it all, or exactly when, writes Matthew Spring…