Pre-pandemic stability beckons for UK property market as supply levels finally pick up
New listings have been running at 5% above the five-year average in 2022 so far, reports Zoopla, but demand is still at near-record levels - half of all homes where sales were agreed were snapped up within three weeks of coming to market
Prime London sales running well above pre-pandemic levels, but ‘realism needed on pricing’ as time to sell slows
The breakneck pace of early 2021 has not been matched, but last month's deal volumes were still up by nearly a third on February 2019;
FT: A UK property market mini boom? For houses, yes — but not flats
Writing for the Financial Times' House & Home section, Alexandra Goss picks up on one of the key trends to emerge in the post-lockdown property market.
UK market set for spring bounce as return to normality beckons
‘Circumstances are conspiring to produce an active few months’, says Knight Frank.
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Nicholas Gray & Dan Clarke join the board, taking on key roles as the major developer drives portfolio expansion.
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Savills highlights important changes to the National Planning Policy Framework affecting housebuilders in England, following the government's 'landmark overhaul' of the planning system this week.
How rising private school fees are redrawing the country property map
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Buyer snaps up historic mews house in Marylebone Village
The Grade II listed property was being sold on behalf of the Howard de Walden Estate.
2025 outlook ‘uncertain’ after sharp decline in Prime London deals
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