Property Market News

Knight Frank flags nine global prime resi trends to monitor in 2020, while picking which prime global cities are likely to see rising house prices in the coming year - and which are set for price falls.

Property prices in UK cities have risen by an average of 2.9% in the last year, reports Zoopla; the number of London postcodes recording price falls has dropped from 82% last year to 23% in October.

Property firm prophecies "the end of a long period of uncertainty" in London and around the country - with positive growth on the cards for house prices, transaction volumes and rental values.

House prices in Prime Central London could end 2023 just 2% higher than in 2019, predicts Strutt & Parker - or they could climb by 28% if Brexit uncertainty clears

CBRE has compared property price inflation near London regeneration sites with growth in the wider local area

Investors were responsible for just under a quarter of mortgage-free transactions in the first half of this year, down from nearly a third in 2009.

Estate agency Jackson-Stops shares its predictions for country property markets next year

London property prices will probably hold steady in 2020, according to a poll of experts carried out by Reuters

London, New York, Tokyo and Paris are the most “comprehensively attractive” and "magnetic" cities in the world, according to 2019's Global Power City Index

New research breaks down the average time it takes for a residential property deal to reach key financial and legal milestones

Rightmove has just recorded the largest year-on-year slump in new property listings since August 2009, with 15% fewer homes listed for sale this month compared to the same period in 2018.

A Conservative majority is the only scenario that will lead to positive house price growth in 2020, predicts buying agent and market pundit Henry Pryor