Research
Mapped: The markets most insulated from rising mortgage costs
Prime property markets are relatively insulated from mortgage rate hikes, says Knight Frank - but transaction numbers are still likely to drop-off in the coming years as the wider housing market cools.
Rural home sales fall as city living moves back into fashion
Knight Frank data shows a clear drop in rural property sales over the last year, while exchanges in regional towns and cities has increased by an equivalent amount.
A fifth of landlords plan to reduce portfolio size as costs of living rise, claims research
'Landlords are making significant adjustments to their portfolios to cater for the fast-changing macroeconomic environment,' says Handelsbanken.
Mapped: Offshore-owned residential property in London
'There are far more properties held offshore than previously estimated,' says a new report.
The case for Nine Elms: How south London’s big riverside regen ‘has become a key destination for lifestyle’
More than half of all homes in the Nine Elms Masterplan are now either complete or under construction, says Savills - and the area is finally developing its own personality.
Build-to-Rent investment has almost doubled in the last year
Nearly £1.2bn was pumped into the UK's build-to-rent sector in Q3, reports Cushman & Wakefield, up from £600mn in the same period last year.
The UK’s super-rich headcount fell in 2021, but is set to rocket in the coming years
Only a few nations saw their UHNW population fall last year;
The US luxury property market in 2022: Eight key trends
Rich Americans are piling back into international real estate markets, with a remarkable 92% US-based HNWIs now considering a property purchase abroad, according to a new survey by Coldwell Banker.
‘Incredibly resilient’ branded residential sector to nearly double in size over the next five years
Savills has counted 640 branded residential developments around the world, delivering nearly 100,000 homes.
How much is the off-market worth?
£30.9bn-worth of property changed hands without public marketing in 2021, according to an estimate by a property fund.
The property market ‘will probably polarise more’ – Yolande Barnes
Prime property prices 'may not be as overheated as they are looking in some mortgage-reliant mainstream markets,' argues former Savills research chief Yolande Barnes, in some new analysis commissioned…
Prime London flat prices jump 11.8% as the capital shows ‘a slow but steady return to health’
New analysis of LonRes data confirms that the pandemic-drive 'race for space' is over in the London, with demand for apartments now significantly outpacing that for houses.