Market Index

Market metrics continue to point to a slowing market, with 18% fewer sales agreed in prime London so far this year compared to last, and 26% fewer than in 2021.

The number of properties going under offer last month was down by over a quarter on last year's levels, which 'could impact on the outlook for the last three months of the year', warns LonRes.

Estate agents are telling the property portal that the sales market is 'the most price-sensitive ever'.

But 'we’re not back to a normal seasonal market just yet,' says Foxtons, as rental prices remain at records highs.

Scottish city-centre flats are 'staging a comeback'. says Knight Frank.

Surveyors expect property sales volumes to fall further in the next three months - but things should pick up within 12 months.

Price cuts are proliferating in prime London's sales and rental markets, according to the latest LonRes intelligence.

The top-end of the lettings market 'is at a pivotal point', says Knight Frank.

Prime regional rental prices grew by +0.6% in Q3, down from +2.6% in Q2, according to the latest Savills data.

Property prices in London have been far less volatile than the rest of the country during this latest period of economic turbulence, says Knight Frank's research chief.

'There is early evidence that conditions are beginning to improve in a number of key global city markets,' says Knight Frank.