Research
13 key findings & 5 prime numbers from Knight Frank’s Wealth Report 2023
Liam Bailey, Knight Frank’s Global Head of Research, shares his key insights from the 17th edition of the firm's flagship research event, The Wealth Report.
The UK’s total housing value hit a record high in 2022 – but that’s likely to be ‘a high watermark for a few years’
Significant house prices gains over the last few years have favoured more owner-occupiers than landlords, suggests Savills.
10 post-pandemic property trends: How housebuilders can adapt to new priorities & improve Britain’s built environment
'Just building yet more housing estates in the way they have been done for decades, no matter how low-carbon the buildings are, is not good enough,' warns a report by ADAM Architecture and Blenheim Estate…
UK has the biggest estate agency sector in Europe, in revenue terms
But competition amongst British property brokers is fierce, meaning average earnings per agency are lower than in some EU nations.
Seven Trends: Global super-rich are ‘adapting to uncertainty yet bullish on real estate’
'The theme of 2023 is adaptability', concludes Luxury Portfolio International after polling a cross-section of the world's wealthiest home-buyers.
The New Prime: Charting the rise of ‘equity-have’ Vs ‘equity-have-not’ property markets in the UK
Significant proportions of the UK housing market now have little or no reliance on borrowing, says Yolande Barnes.
London tenants cross the M25 in record numbers
Rental prices continue to escalate across the country, reports Hamptons.
London & the South East are Britain’s ‘landlord hotspots’
City of London, Kensington & Chelsea, and Richmond have the highest proportion of landlords to general population in the country.
Over a third of property pros intend to quit the sector within five years, claims report
'If this survey was a school report, firms would be dreading taking it home,' says Joe Pepper, CEO of TM Group.
Ranked: Where homes sell for 20% more than asking, on average
New research has identified which postcodes tend to have the most wayward property asking prices - with several Prime Central London enclaves featuring.
Unrealistic price expectations tops list of estate agents’ concerns for vendors in 2023
Propertymark has flagged the big threats and opportunities facing estate agents and the property market in the year ahead...
‘It’s a cash buyers’ market’: Rising mortgage costs boost cash buyers
Hamptons has noticed a significant increase in the proportion of mortgage-free home-buyers so far this year, while Jackson-Stops has identified where cash buyers are making the biggest savings.