Research
Talking Heads: What’s driving Chinese demand for UK property in 2024?
As we enter the Year of the Dragon, ten prime resi insiders share insights into what's attracting China's wealthy citizens to homes and property investments here in the UK.
Total value of UK housing stock falls for the first time since 2012
London saw the biggest decline in total housing wealth of any UK region last year, says Savills.
Regional city centres see ‘remarkable’ change as resi developments drive construction activity
There's been a 'genuinely transformative' and 'remarkable' renaissance for urban living in regional cities in recent years, says Deloitte.
Economists call for sweeping ‘liberalisation’ of planning regulations
The Adam Smith Institute suggests that removing restrictions on urban housing development would 'boost the welfare of every person'.
Ranked: What price puts a property in the top 1%?
An estate agency has worked out how much you need to earn to buy a property in the top 1% of the property market across England & Wales...
Majority of housebuilders ‘would like to see Labour win at next election’
Some 70% of residential property developers surveyed by Knight Frank would rather see Keir Starmer in Downing Street than a Tory or Lib Dem leader.
Non-farmers dominated farm & estate sales in 2023
Around 75,500 acres of agricultural land was marketed for sale in 2023, reports Strutt & Parker, with investors and lifestyle buyers playing a much more active role in the market than in previous years.
Rightmove reveals the ‘best month’ to list a home for sale
Rightmove data confirms the best time to list to tap the Spring buying season.
London accounted for more than one in ten of 2023’s home sales
Analysis of Land Registry data highlights some of Britain's most active property markets - with London buying activity streets ahead of other major cities.
Home sellers are ‘more motivated’ to sell this year, says estate agency
Foxtons trumpets a 'renewed sense of vigour' in the property market at the start of 2024
Ranked: Britain’s £1mn+ property hotspots
The number of property millionaires has fallen back from a pandemic peak, says Savills - but the number of homes worth at least £1mn remains 28% higher than in 2019.
Ranked: Where home-sellers made the biggest profits in 2023
Homeowners who sold-up in 2023 did so for an average of £103k (48%) more than they initially paid for their home, says Hamptons, down from a record high of £113k in 2022.