Property Market News

"While the outlook for 2020 is generally more positive" than in 2019, says Savills, "price growth in prime residential markets is still expected to be modest across many global cities"

Q4 was a record quarter for £20m+ deals in Central London, reports Savills, while December saw the highest number of £5m+ sales since 2014.

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...

At +24%, Budapest saw the fastest residential property price inflation of any major world city in the year to September 2019

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...

Prime resi insiders weigh-in on the big property market, design and lifestyle trends for the next 12 months

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…

Surveyors predict 2% growth for UK house prices this year, but no improvement in transaction volumes

Q4 2019 saw the first quarterly increase for average property prices in Prime Central London in four years, according to Savills

Prime regional property prices fell by 0.8% in 2019, says Knight Frank, and have been flat or falling for the last three years.

Zoopla reveals Britain’s most affordable towns for rail commuters to London, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester and Edinburgh

Bristol was 2019's most-searched location outside London for both buyers and tenants, according to new Rightmove data. In London, Wimbledon was the most popular location for would-be buyers;