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![New batch of landlords preparing to sell, warns leading agency](/upload/images/shutterstock_2152449125.jpg)
The research head of Knight Frank is warning that a new batch of landlords are preparing to sell up and leave...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent rises near double figures as interest rate cuts put on ice](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
The latest official government rent index shows that average private rents across the UK as a whole increased by 9.2% in...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Prime London Rents Retreat as Supply Builds](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalMarketLondon-400x310.png)
Seasonality is returning to the prime London lettings market after three tumultuous years. The pandemic meant the market was initially flooded with...
16 March 2024
From: Agent Advice
![Record rent rise in 2023 according to new government figures](/upload/images/shutterstock_1338355010.jpg)
The Office for National Statistics says private rents in England experienced a 6.1 per cent rise in 2023, the sharpest annual...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Pressure on government for stamp duty cut in Autumn Statement](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty--2-400x310.png)
A prominent estate agency says there’s a stronger case for a stamp duty cut now than there was during the pandemic. Knight...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Housing market now on General Election footing, claims top agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
The best way to judge the UK housing market is to check on what’s happening in Parliament, not the price indices...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rents up across the UK - new official figures](/upload/images/shutterstock_1338355010.jpg)
Rents in England their upward path last month, rising 0.1 per cent to an annual rate of 4.7 per cent according...
25 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency warns: Liz Truss Budget still affecting the housing market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The head of residential research at a prominent estate agency says the signs look ominous that “the housing market is headed...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![House prices up again - but for how long?](/upload/images/library/house-prices-rise400x310.png)
House prices in the UK rose by 0.4 per cent in August, against a 0.1 per cent drop in July, according...
08 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![High demand for rental property sees viewings hit a 10-year high](/img/default/llt.png)
Viewing figures in the letting market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10-year high at the end of August,...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Weaker demand as the rental market in prime London remains subdued](/img/default/llt.png)
Rental market activity in prime London markets has been lower than normal this summer due to uncertainty around the start of...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![The number of lost sales in London due to coronavirus is increasing](/img/default/llt.png)
Four in five deals underway when the Covid-19 pandemic struck are still progressing, but transaction numbers in the week ending 2...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Knight Frank predicts 38% drop in residential property sales this year](/img/default/llt.png)
Knight Frank forecast that residential property sales will fall by 38% this year, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Based on the assumption that...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housing market activity in London bounces back as demand surges](/img/default/llt.png)
Soaring demand in London is pushing up activity levels with the housing market seeing interest from would-be buyers, including property investors,...
21 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![London rental price growth set to outstrip the rest of the UK](/img/default/llt.png)
Rental prices in London are set to increase by an average of 15% over the next five years compared to 10%...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Prime central London rents rise may signal upward trend](/img/default/llt.png)
Rents in prime central London increased by 0.2% between February and March, the first monthly rise since September 2015, according to...
04 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Supply-demand imbalance likely to tip PCL market ‘in the favour of landlords’](/img/default/llt.png)
There are growing signs of recovery in the prime central London buy-to-let market as rental values dipped by just 0.1% in...
11 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rental market in prime central London on the road to recovery](/img/default/llt.png)
The rental market in prime central London is showing signs of improvement, as reflected by the latest data from Knight Frank...
20 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![It’s a tenant’s market in prime central London](/img/default/llt.png)
With significantly more properties to choose from, tenants are firmly in control when it comes to the private rented market in...