Market Index

Property industry insiders react to the latest UK House Price Index, as speculation mounts about the looming Autumn Budget.

We're seeing a sharper-than-usual end-of-year drop-off in the number of homes being listed for sale.

Property portal notes 'hesitant' property market as asking prices fall and top-end sales activity falters.

Hamptons has used this month's rental index to analyse the effects of policy interventions on pricing - concluding that 'rent controls rarely work as intended.'

Surveyors report a 'notable cooling' in activity as buyers await the Autumn Budget.

Deal numbers held steady last week.

There was a post-Budget surge in transactions at this time last year.

Sentiment in the UK's residential development land market remains positive, says Savills, but things are slow-moving.

Top-end torpor continues as Budget speculation mounts.

New research highlights a rise in homegrown UK clients & a move away from 'hyper-prime' design specifications

Savills notes a 'resilient' prime resi scene north of the border, although activity at the very top end is 'limited'.

But Zoopla says the market 'remains on track for the most housing sales since 2022.'