Location: United Kingdom

UK House prices are expected to rise by 4.5% per annum over the next five years, delivering a cumulative increase of around 25% according to the latest from RICS. RICS Forecasts

The average number of years between property sales has dropped from nearly 25 to just under 19 since 2010, with southern homes shifting far more frequently than those in the North.

Colliers International has appointed a former Army Major and Cushman & Wakefield Partner to lead its residential development team.

CBRE has boosted its Resi leadership team in London with a big hire from JLL.

Alternative lender Urban Exposure and investment firm Highbridge Principal Strategies have announced they'll be providing finance for Rocket Investments' £400m new scheme on City Road.

UK house prices will grow by 20.3% over the next five years, predicts Knight Frank, with prime central London bouncing back after a slow 2016 to deliver +20.

Winkworth has reported a "particularly slow" year in the PCL market and warned that profits for 2015 will be "slightly below market expectations".

There are very few buyers looking above £10m in London these days, either locally or from abroad, says Glentree boss Trevor Abrahmsohn... What on earth is everyone going on about?

Is the London property market a bubble risk? It may be, but UBS’ recent one page report on the capital does not prove it, argues Maskells boss and former banker Charles Curran...

Negotiators Charlotte Mitchell-Innes and Olivia Canning to AD level

JLL has recruited a new Regional Director to head up the firm's Residential Investment team.

Perthshire-based Bell Ingram has secured a new contract with The Landmark Trust to upgrade 19 of Scotland’s most famous historic buildings, including The Macintosh Building in Perthshire and The Pineapple…