UK housing market ‘returns to growth’ with £88bn spent in Q2 2024
Savills research highlights a resurgence of mortgage lending and the highest level of first-time buyer activity in eight years.
UK housing market ‘back to its pre-pandemic size’
Savills estimates the total value of the UK property market contracted by 21% in the year to March, falling back to 2020 levels.
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.
‘London leavers’ spent 29% less on homes outside the capital in 2023
Londoners' spending on homes outside the capital has returned to pre-Covid levels, reports Hamptons.
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Knight Frank & Savills high fliers brought in to create 'specialist cross-border partnership' focusing on luxury transactions.
Park Modern’s £60mn penthouse finds a buyer
Reports suggest an AI tycoon has picked up the marquee unit at Fenton Whelan's Bayswater scheme, marking the biggest super-prime sale of the last year.
Savills names new Mayfair sales head
Nick Verdi takes the reins of agency’s high-profile operation based on North Audley Street.
Ex-Savills director joins Moveli
Upper-market brokerage continues to scale its national agent network.
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James Wellesley & Paulo Moschino unveil their artisanal reworking of a 'characterless' townhouse, reflecting a wider trend for luxury homes 'designed with soul'.
Much Ado About Nothing: Why bifurcation, not decline, is the real story in Prime Central London
Richard Rogerson explains how quality is now defining liquidity in the capital’s top neighbourhoods - and flags more key trends to watch in 2026, from shifting demographics to the return of debt.
London’s prime rental market has slumped, but there’s a super-prime bright spot
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Call for urgent demand-side stimulus as worst-case risks emerge for London’s new-build pipeline
Industry analysis flags risk of sharp slowdown and potential developer exit as existing projects near completion.
Ibiza & London design studio expands into the Cotswolds
Kit Maplethorpe & Alex Hancock’s Bloom Studio says demand has been rising for turnkey design services beyond the capital.
Prime London transactions set for spring uplift, but supply still stronger than demand – Knight Frank
Latest data shows offers accepted rose last month, but new buyer numbers were below the five-year average - and prices are still under pressure.
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