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Just as the prospect of tax rises in the Budget is causing uncertainty in the prime London sales market, so Labour’s...

The Bank of England has cut base rate from 5.25% to 5.0% - its first cut in four years. It was a...

Leading property players and analysts suggest that the lacklustre housing market figures produced by the Halifax over the weekend owe more...

Knight Frank says the incoming Labour government faces a potential clash between what is politically desirable and economically possible, in terms...

Knight Frank says tenancies agreed in June for properties asking over £1,000 per week were at a level below the asking...

The UK housing market has returned to its pre-pandemic size, according to Savills analysis. Overall, the total value of the UK housing...

Knight Frank is suggesting that a growing degree of uncertainty is hitting the rental market, particularly the high-end sector in the...

A prominent housing market analyst says people shouldn’t bother reading election literature but instead study interest rates if they want to...

Inflation figures are down - but not as much as many analysts expected. The basic Consumer Price Index figure fell from 3.2%...

Rental growth in prime London postcodes has narrowed to levels last seen in the summer of 2021, says Knight Frank.  Average rents...

It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

Supply has continued to build while demand remained steady, which increased downwards pressure on rents in the first quarter of 2024...

Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...

Rents are approaching an affordability ceiling according to Savills - but the agency admits it doesn’t see substantial new supply on...

The Bank of England has kept its base rate at 5.25 per cent but markets forecast this will drop from the summer as...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

Knight Frank has revised its housing market forecasts for 2024, just two weeks into the new year. It’s done this on the...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...

Prime London markets are proving more resilient to rising interest rates than their mainstream equivalents, says Savills. Prices in prime central London...

A personal finance expert has revealed that a new group which he calls Guppies are reconciled to possibly renting forever. Alan Davison,...

A prominent lettings and sales agency says there are four reasons why house prices won’t fall off a cliff, despite interest...

One of the high end lettings agencies dominating the prime London rental landscape says there’s no end in sight to the...

Prime London rents picked up again over the first three months of this year, says Savills. Rental prices are up 1.4 per...

A prominent lettings agency has taken the unusual step of warning tenants that parties using the sector for political capital may...

The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...

“Optimism has survived another difficult month” says business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown in response to the latest house price index.  Indeed, the industry...

Figures out this morning from high end agency Savills shows a 5.1 per cent increase in capital appreciation on average across...

A new analysis by agency and property consultancy JLL has revealed which borough within Prime Central London has the highest concentration...

Agents have spent the weekend insisting that the latest house price fall is not indicative of a crash - and may...

Just about every agency that has commented on yesterday’s Autumn Statement are in agreement - changes to Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance...

As energy prices have increased 70 per cent in the UK this year, so more homeowners have fitted small-scale solar panel...

The latest high end agency to predict the mainstream market next year is Strutt & Parker - and it’s less downbeat...

Savills, which at the end of last week released a gloomy forecast predicting a 10 per cent price drop for average...

Investment in the Build To Rent sector has almost doubled year-on-year, according to new research. Property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield says that...

Savills is the latest agency to suggest significant house price falls next year - although in its long-range forecast it says...

Knight Frank says it expects house prices to drop in the coming year - but only to those levels seen in...

A prominent research chief at a leading agency has repeated his claim that average UK house prices are set to drop...

The Knight Frank lettings and estate agency is warning that it expects house prices to fall in 2023. Tom Bill, its head...

New research by Savills suggests that on-street car parking could increase both the capital values and rental potential of properties. The agency...

Capital appreciation over the past decade has been driven more by the value of homes in the rental market than by...

Knight Frank is anticipating a “sprint for stock” in the lettings market as offices reopen and travel restrictions ease.  Tom Bill, Knight...

The number of international tenants searching for UK property has reached its highest level since before the pandemic. High end agency Knight...

Average rents in prime central London declined 14.3 per cent in the year to March - but one agency reckons that may be...

An assessment by Savills suggests capital values - including those for properties in the lettings sector - are likely to soar...

Knight Frank says one week in August saw the lettings market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10 year...

Uncertainty around the start of the academic year and pressure on corporate budgets means lettings activity has been lower than normal...

There’s been an upbeat prediction on the lettings market given by leading market commentator Lucian Cook, head of residential research at...

Rents across prime central London have been roughly flat over the past year - although yields are up as a result...

Rental values in prime London show early signs of bottoming out, says Savills, with the annual rate of falls now at...

Knight Frank has issued a relatively upbeat assessment of the prime London lettings market as the year draws to a close.  Firstly...

Some broadly good news to end the week - rents are predicted to grow 13.7 per cent in the next five...

Average rental values fell three per cent in the year to September 2017 according to Knight Frank.   This decline is the smallest...

The dramatic slump in the prime central London sales market is now leading to a reduction in rents being achieved in...

There have been falls in rents in some price ranges in London thanks to an oversupply of stock, according to lettings...

The additional homes stamp duty surcharge is contributing to a slowdown in the central London development market according to JLL. The number...

Not one of the raft of buy to let rule changes being introduced by Chancellor George Osborne - ostensibly to help...

The government’s initiatives to try to increase house building and owner occupation will not stop demand for rented homes rising by...

Falling demand from financial services sector employees has seen the annual rental value growth in prime central London ease back to...

JLL is forecasting that average rents across the UK will rise by 4.5 per cent next year, followed by a 4.0...

When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...