Property Market News

An astonishing 17% of UK home buyers and sellers told Benham & Reeves that they have already postponed a move because of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

Property prices in many of the UK's most flood-prone locations have increased faster than their surrounding local area over the last ten years...

You can get a lot more property for your money outside of the capital; 953 extra square feet, on average, say LonRes & Hamptons as they analyse the latest trends in "London leavers".

Estate agents report 29% more prospective buyers per branch compared to last year - but no corresponding rise in supply.

Average property prices across UK cities have increased by 3.9% in the last year, says Zoopla, but the portal "does not expect a material acceleration in the rate of growth in the foreseeable future.

Demand may be surging, but new property listings have fallen by 21% year-on-year says Knight Frank, while January's UK transaction tally was 4% lower than in 2019...

Nine new residential developments are changing the face of Europe's busiest shopping street;

RIBA's Future Trends Workload Index has surged into positive territory, led by the private housing sector, but architects' actual workloads are still 5% below last year's level...

Hong Kong, New York, Tokyo, Geneva and London are the most expensive prime global cities, says Savills;

The average price paid by cash buyers for a home in the UK is 9% less than that paid by mortgaged buyers... But it's a different story in London.

The number of home-mover, remortgage and buy-to-let lending picked up in December, reports UK Finance.

Beaconsfield has the highest house price premium of any market town, says Lloyds Bank, followed by Henley-on-Thames and Bakewell.