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Charted: How luxury property project costs & trends have shifted in the last year
New research highlights a rise in homegrown UK clients & a move away from 'hyper-prime' design specifications
Scotland’s prime market ‘continues to defy national headwinds’
Savills notes a 'resilient' prime resi scene north of the border, although activity at the very top end is 'limited'.
Property sales dip as buyers ‘adopt a wait & see strategy’
But Zoopla says the market 'remains on track for the most housing sales since 2022.'
Rental price growth slows to ‘more normal levels’ as supply builds
This is 'the closest the market has been to pre-pandemic levels of available supply for four years,' says Rightmove.
London rents climb to four-year high despite seasonal demand slump
'Increased stock levels and resilient budgets suggest a more balanced market is emerging,' says Foxtons.
Industry Reactions: Annual house price growth slipped back in August
Many pundits expect the market to slow further as the Autumn Budget approaches.
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 42, 2025
No sign of an Autumn bounce for the capital's top-end agents...
No ‘Autumn bounce’ for the property market this year – Rightmove
Property portal warns there's 'not enough pent-up momentum or recent positive sentiment to spur the usual autumn bounce in property prices'.
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 41, 2025
Our weekly LonRes update suggest -50% fewer sales were agreed in Week 41 this year compared to the same seven days in 2024.
‘Off-market’ sales activity falls, but still accounts for a fifth of £1mn+ deals
One in six residential sales across England & Wales in the last three years went through without public marketing, reports TwentyEA - rising to 20% in the £1mn+ market.
Top-end tenant & landlord expectations diverge as big regulatory changes loom
Impact of the forthcoming Renters' Rights Bill 'has been limited' so far, but Savills warns reforms 'for some will feel more radical & sooner than expected.'
Hamptons heralds ‘a new generation of landlords’
'Landlord purchases haven’t collapsed in the face of higher taxes and tighter regulation,' says estate agency - 'but they have shifted.'