Property market momentum ‘likely to carry through into next year’, despite the bleak economic outlook
Knight Frank boils down its property market analysis for the coming months into a single key question: "will there be positive news on a treatment or a vaccine before the momentum runs out?"
‘An unusual year’: Britain’s pandemic property market in nine charts
            The ONS has produced a series of charts that illustrate what happened to the property market in 2020, from national price inflation rates to a growing preference for larger homes.         
    Property market momentum has ‘slowed significantly’
            Heat Mapped: The latest index from eSurv continues to report rising house prices - hitting record levels in some locations - but it looks like some heat is coming out of the market...         
    Property market sees ‘busiest ever start to the year’ – Rightmove
            Property portal Rightmove has recorded its busiest ever start to a new year, with visits to the site up 30% compared to the same period in 2020.         
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Brace of Mayfair mansions offered as ultra-prime redevelopment opp
            A luxury resi reworking of the twin Georgian townhouses on South Audley Street could deliver a £65mn end product, agents suggest.         
    Rumourmill: Chancellor ‘plotting mansion tax raid’ on £2mn+ homes
            More speculation about potential tax hikes in November's Budget event.         
    
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    Telegraph: ‘How Britain’s most expensive house became a £250mn white elephant’
            2-8a Rutland Gate is 'a barometer of the vigour of London’s so-called 'super prime' property market', says journalist Jonathan Ford.         
    
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    Battersea Power Station owner reportedly mulls sale
            It is suggested that BNP Paribas has been brought in to 'explore options' for the sale of non-residential parts of the landmark building.         
    
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    Tapping the Top End: Lucian Cook on the potential impact of taxing luxury homes
            As the Treasury signals tax changes, Savills' Head of Residential Research examines their potential impact on the prime property market.         
    
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    Knight Frank’s Rory Penn on resilience, recalibration & finding opportunity in London’s prime property market
            Q&A: The high-profile agency's London sales chief reveals a big-ticket deal tally and shares how the business is navigating 'peak uncertainty'.         
    London letting agency under fire over Chancellor’s rental mis-step
            Rachel Reeves 'had not been made aware of the licensing requirement' when she rented-out her home in Southwark via a letting agency.         
    
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    Property & Pre-Budget Propaganda: Charles Curran on the real effects of policy leaks & speculation
            Maskells' MD reflects on how the recent raft of terrifying predictions are impacting on activity in the prime market - and why opportunistic buyers are still pressing ahead.         
    Knight Frank concludes South of France partnership
            Agency points to ‘evolving strategic priorities’ as it announces another change to its French network.         
    Industry Reactions: Renters’ Rights Bill gains Royal Assent
            New laws represent 'seismic' changes for landlords, tenants & letting agents.         
    
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