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The UK’s property market is not back to normal, yet
The trajectory of the market this year is only becoming clearer gradually as it shakes off a heavier-than-expected hangover from Covid, writes Tom Bill…
Solving the Airbnb conundrum: Why more regulation is not the answer
As the Government weighs up new planning rules for short-term rentals, Charles Mieville and Victoria Du Croz look at the practicalities and outline the likely effects on the property market…
Leasehold reform in motion: On the government’s plans to make home ownership fairer & more secure
As the first major piece of leasehold reform in a generation finally becomes legislation, buying agent Nina Harrison reflects on the long-requested need to transform leasehold agreements - and what impact …
‘Product has overtaken location as the driver for PCL buyers’: Northacre’s Niccolò Barattieri di San Pietro on London’s shifting luxury property market
“With little to no large sites left in the Capital many PCL developers will shift to boutique development,” writes the CEO of leading luxury property developer, Northacre. “F
It is difficult to find evidence that the UK housing market will have anything other than a positive year in 2022
Early data from January and a positive economic outlook point to strong transaction numbers and price growth, writes Tom Bill
Camilla Dell: Four themes that will shape an exciting year in Prime Central London
2022 is off to a flying start in PCL, reports buying agent Camilla Dell, but not all properties will make the London-wide comeback a lot of sellers are hoping for…
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: What lies ahead in 2022?
London's prime property market is still facing some big challenges, but this has the potential to be a key year, writes Hugh Obbard...
Post-Christmas supply builds as Omicron uncertainty fades
The lifting of restrictions this week could see the supply of property re-build and normal house price economics return, says Tom Bill.
Why London tenants face a scramble for stock this spring
Any re-balancing between supply and demand in the lettings market will only come later this year at the earliest, says Tom Bill
Real estate in the metaverse is booming; is it really such a crazy idea?
Gaming is starting to overlap with real life, explains Theo Tzanidis - but is the virtual real estate boom the next great thing or the next big bubble?
Charlie Willis on the rise of the prime property broker
American-style property brokers "are lapping up the choice it gives them" on this side of the pond in today's prime resi market, writes Charlie Willis of The London Broker (formerly head of Strutt & Parker's…
Lucian Cook on house price forecasts: Deciphering the messages in 2022
Savills' head of residential research reflects on how forecasters translate actions and events into numbers and trends to come up with property market predictions for the year ahead.