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A flurry of price cuts in the capital's high-value property markets.

Asking prices have jumped up by twice as mush as the long-run average for this time of year.

The pace of annual rental growth across the UK has eased from +12% in August last year to +5% last month, but Hamptons points to some pronounced regional differences.

The pace of rental growth is easing, but a continued lack of supply is a major issue.

Demand, supply, prices & deal numbers all increased in August, says the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

As you'd expect, London's prime property market was quiet in that last week of the Summer Holidays.

'The new government has inherited a very large ‘to-do’ list with urgent interventions required in several policy areas,' comments Propertymark after checking sales and lettings market activity in July.

Mortgage lending has hit the highest level since November 2022.

Knight Frank's latest Prime Global Cities Index came in at +2.6% in Q2 - down from +4.1% in Q1, and under half the five-year average annual growth rate.

Fresh LonRes data show a continued high level of price reduction activity in London's prime postcodes.

But Zoopla is warning sellers against ambitious pricing, with over-priced homes take more than twice as long to sell.

Buying activity has slowed, but a relatively high number of prime London property listings are being repriced this Summer...