Mapped: East & North-West boroughs drive London’s new housing pipeline growth
Planning and development activity in the capital has ‘remained stoic’ in the face of uncertainty, says Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward
‘There is a relatively high risk that the UK will experience a recession in the next few years’
Britain’s recession-risk has reached a ten-year high, warns The Resolution Foundation; levels last seen in 2007, just before the global financial crash…
Bloomberg rolls out a ‘Housing Bubble Dashboard’
Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Sweden and the UK are all ‘vulnerable economies to a correction in house prices’, warns Bloomberg
Prime London sees a ‘surprise return of competitive bidding & even a few sealed bids’
But sentiment remains ‘fragile’ as political uncertainty continues to put the brakes on prime residential property markets, says Savills
Climate Change: Real estate worth billions could become obsolete – unless owners act now
Academics weigh-in on the costs for property owners of not acting now on energy efficiency
Looming global housing slump ‘could cut world growth to a decade low’
Signs of a global house price downturn are already visible, warns Oxford Economics
London needs a £4.9bn annual Government subsidy to deliver enough affordable housing
A new report indicates that London needs a massive seven-fold increase in Government funding to deliver affordable homes
Build-to-Rent, student housing & retirement living present a £700bn investment opportunity says Savills
The value of the UK’s “residential operational real estate” sector – combining build-to-rent, senior living and student housing – is set to quadruple, forecasts Savills, hitting £880bn once fully mature
Cluttons forecasts a ‘rush of supply’ in London, limiting future price growth
‘There’s effectively three years’ worth of people who haven’t put their house on the market, creating a “Brexit bottleneck” which will lead to a sharp correction when they do’
Zoopla calls the bottom of the London property market; southern regions to see further falls
The capital’s three-year ‘repricing process’ is coming to an end, says Zoopla’s top analyst Richard Donnell – but London’s slowdown has now rippled out to higher-value markets across Southern England
Most British homeowners expect property prices to rise in the next six months
Two-thirds of London homeowners are expecting property prices to rise by the end of the year; one third are expecting further price falls, according to Zoopla
Demand for shared ownership properties ‘to rise by 150%’ – Savills
Shared ownership is the natural successor to Help to Buy, says Savills, and is likely to see a surge of interest in the coming years