Location: United Kingdom
New-build buyers burst out of lockdown, says Savills
Record demand in June ‘more than made up’ for the market hiatus, says the agency
Around 90% of estate agency branches have now reopened
Only about half of high street business have re-opened since the Coronavirus lockdown, says The Local Data Company, but 88% of estate agency branches had opened their doors by the start of July.
Helical completes long-running Barts Square scheme
Completion of Shepherd Robson-designed urban quarter marks Helical's 'largest and most complex' endeavour to date
North London agency reports influx of Hong Kong buyers with ultra-prime budgets
‘The trickle has become a torrent’, says Glentree International
Three heat maps to show how prices were faring in Q2
Acadata restarts its analysis of Land Registry data, reporting record prices in the South West...
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OBR revises housing market forecasts in light of Covid-19
Three scenarios for house prices and transactions volumes over the next five years have been presented by the Office for Budget Responsibility - an Upside, a Central, and a Downside.
Finchatton reports £55m post-lockdown sales surge
HNW buyers have been splashing out on residences at the developer’s schemes on Grosvenor Square and Yeoman’s Row.
KF saw more offers accepted in June than in any other month of the last 20 years, smashing the previous record by 46%
There's been an extraordinary release of pent-up demand in the sales market since lockdown restrictions were lifted. "The uncertainty is how long it can last," cautions Knight Frank.
Asking rents reach a record high across the country, but dip in London as supply balloons
Asking rents outside London have climbed by 3.4% in the last year, while the capital has seen a dip of 0.6% as rental stock piles up.
Hampstead mansion with Kraal-style summerhouse seeks £15m
Remarkable garden retreat was designed by South African architect Ted Levy in 1971.
An unwieldy system with many anomalies: The case for simplifying SDLT
The rules around stamp duty are unduly complex, writes Elizabeth Small - and complexity inevitably brings a degree of uncertainty, which benefits neither the taxpayer nor the taxman...