‘Renting remains more cost effective than buying’, says Winkworth

"The fundamentals looks sound" for residential markets in 2018, says Winkworth, but the estate agency is not predicting much in the way of price rises.

After two years of strong growth, Knight Frank reports a fall in the number of super-prime tenancies agreed across the prime postcodes;

55% of PCL tenancies above £2,500 per week now involve properties owned by either build/own-to-rent investor-developers or professional investors, up from 20% five years ago