Property Market News

The traditional Spring market bounce sees property transaction numbers jump by an average of 28% in March, according to new analysis by Jackson-Stops.

"As the PCL market begins to pick up momentum there is still a degree of discrepancy between the performance of houses and flats," says LCP boss Andrew Weir - "pointing towards the investment opportunities…

In a market so driven by sentiment, a discernible dent in demand might be expected given the current economic and political backdrop - but it hasn’t materialised yet...

Greater London and the South East are back in the top four areas of house price growth for the first time since August 2020, reports Acadata

"Early signs of recovery in development activity" in Central London, says CBRE - presenting "a significant opportunity for developers to time their run onto an active market."

International buyers owned c.£6bn more London property in 2021 than in 2020, according to some new analysis of Land Registry data.

Two weeks on, we asked prime property insiders - including those who specialise in Russian clients - about what effect anti-war sanctions are really having on the London property market, and how their…

"None of my Russian clients have asked me to sell their properties in London or the Home Counties," says super-prime estate agent Gary Hersham.

Knight Frank is predicting continued price rises for international luxury property markets in 2022 - although the pace of growth is likely to be significantly lower than 2021's extraordinary performance.

"A soft landing is more likely than an abrupt correction" in house prices, says a top forecasting house.

CBRE's eighth annual "borough-by-borough" research report tracks property market, demographic and lifestyle trends across the capital.

"We expect to see a very competitive market this year," says Guy Robinson, Head of Residential at Strutt & Parker.