A property purchasing specialist has revealed how the UK’s home sellers are now paying £793 more in estate agent commission when selling their home, thanks to the pandemic house price boom. To... Read more »
Police have established a cordon to keep members of the public away from the flames. The Mall is closed in both directions between Trafalgar Square and Horse Guards Road because of the incident,... Read more »
Knight Frank says the steep increases in rents seen in prime London recently are now calming down. Rental values hit their low point in the first half of 2021 as the market was... Read more »
T he average asking price of a home in London is £682,000, a very slight drop on last month as the property market frenzy of the past two years starts to ease.... Read more »
Rental values in prime areas of London are now nine per cent higher than they before the pandemic, with Knight Frank saying that low supply and high demand are combining to produce... Read more »
New analysis from Knight Frank suggests that rent rises are tempting landlords back into the market. It found that, in some cases, the rental market has outpaced the sales market. While Nationwide... Read more »
The number of bridges unable to carry the heaviest vehicles on Britain’s roads has risen for the second year running, new figures show. Local authorities identified 3,211 bridges as being substandard at... Read more »
E ngland’s Covid R number is estimated to have risen to between 1.2 and 1.5 but in London has fallen to between 0.9 and 1.2, the UK Health Security Agency has said.... Read more »
Areas with the biggest house price growth of 2021 have seen the value of homes rise by three times the national average, according to the latest data from Halifax. Taunton in Somerset... Read more »
Savills has set out its annual house price forecast for prime London – and after years of price falls, the prediction is for increases. Prime central London prices are expected to increase... Read more »
