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Country houses out-performed in 2021, but PCL’s property market is primed to ‘bounce rapidly’ this year
Savills expects prime regional price growth to moderate this year, while Prime Central London prices feel ready to surge upwards.
Global cities record highest rate of house price inflation for almost 17 years
Of the 150 cities tracked by Knight Frank's Prime Global Cities Index, 93% saw prices increase over the 12-month period, and 44% saw prices increase by more than 10%.
Prices soar by nearly a quarter in the world’s tallest building
Average prices in the Burj Khalifa are still 30% below 2014 peak levels
London’s super-prime resi market to boom in 2022 as agents line up £100m mega-listings
Around half a dozen homes valued at up to £100m are due to be listed for sale in the coming months.
Mortgage lending bounces to nearer-normal levels
67,000 home purchase mortgages were approved in November, according to the Bank of England; the lowest figure since June 2020, but near the 12-month average up to February 2020.
Prime London rental growth hits a decade high as ‘lockdown trends continue to reverse’
Savills and Knight Frank have both reported surging rental prices in Prime London, as tenants return to town.
‘Vintage year’ for the prime country house market as top-end prices surge 20%
“I’ve never known a time like it in 30-plus years," says Rupert Sweeting, head of national country sales at Knight Frank.
Omicron puts prime London’s property market ‘at a crossroads’
Property prices in prime outer London are rising at their fastest pace since February 2016, according to Knight Frank's latest index.
Ballymore picks architects for 500-home Guinness Brewery development
FaulknerBrowns Architects to draw up a mixed-use masterplan for Dublin's historic St James’ Gate.
Near-£40m deal goes through in Holland Park
The original 1860s Italianate villas by Holland Park are some of the finest family homes in London
Chelsea scheme paused after locals push back on designs
Residents have raised concerns over the look of the buildings planned for the 'Cheyne' site off the King's Road
Coastal communities ‘may need to build back to better places’ away from flood zones, warns Environment Agency
“We’re going to have to keep assessing whether we can, as a whole, as a country, afford to protect different parts of the landscape," says EA chief Emma Howard Boyd - suggesting the some communities will…