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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In Memoriam: London estate agency legend Tim Maskell, 1938-2025
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