Property Market News

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.

Around 5,000 new homes have been built in VNEB (Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea) over the last five years, and another 7,000 are due to be delivered in the next five...

Supply is finally starting to rise, says Rightmove, but not as fast as demand...

The average private rental portfolio size has risen as the number of landlords has dropped, reports Hamptons International. The national average rent increased by 3.6% in the last year.

Property prices in Greater London escalated by 82% between 2009 and 2019, according to research house Acadata. That's nearly twice the average house price inflation rate across UK regions (42.6%).

Surveyors "are optimistic regarding the outlook for activity over the next twelve months," says the RICS.

Most areas have seen new listings fall by over 50% since the height of the market in 2014, reports Coutts