Property Market News
‘There are glimmers of growing confidence’ in the architecture profession – RIBA
Architects got a bit more pessimistic about future workloads in December, but the Royal Institute of British Architects has spotted signs of improvement after an extended period of volatility...
‘Prices are rising across more global cities but at a slower rate’ – Knight Frank
At +24%, Budapest saw the fastest residential property price inflation of any major world city in the year to September 2019
London leavers are getting younger and moving further away
4% fewer Londoners moved out of the capital in 2019 compared to 2016, says Hamptons International. But the average age of a London-leaver is falling, reaching a record youthfulness in 2019...
2020 Vision: Luxury property trend predictions for the year ahead
Prime resi insiders weigh-in on the big property market, design and lifestyle trends for the next 12 months
PCL vendors held back in Q4, but activity is now likely to pick up
It was a subdued end to the year for Prime Central London's property market, reports Knight Frank in its Q4 sit rep, with 17% fewer £1m+ properties listed for sale in November 2019 compared to the same …
Housing market activity ‘unlikely to shift up materially in 2020’ – RICS
Surveyors predict 2% growth for UK house prices this year, but no improvement in transaction volumes
‘Signs of recovery’ for prime London’s property market as prices turn up
Q4 2019 saw the first quarterly increase for average property prices in Prime Central London in four years, according to Savills
Country house market remains flat
Prime regional property prices fell by 0.8% in 2019, says Knight Frank, and have been flat or falling for the last three years.
Ranked: Britain’s best value commuter towns
Zoopla reveals Britain’s most affordable towns for rail commuters to London, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester and Edinburgh
Ranked: Britain’s most popular house-hunting locations
Bristol was 2019's most-searched location outside London for both buyers and tenants, according to new Rightmove data
Zoopla predicts 3% growth for property prices in UK cities in 2020
The average property price in a UK city has increased by 54% over the last decade; London has seen 74% growth.
Global house price inflation sinks to its lowest level in six years
Hungary has seen the fastest annual property price inflation of any of the 56 countries or territories measured by Knight Frank in the last year