“April’s increase in the stamp duty on second homes fired demand substantially in March. With the deadline past, price rises in April are returning to more normal levels. And as uncertainty over the EU referendum continues, we may see this... View Article

Edo Mapelli Mozzi, CEO of Banda Property, comments on the upcoming London Mayoral Election: “It’s indisputable that the London property market has become a bank vault for investors in the UK and overseas, while Londoners who live, work and send... View Article

The Vinden Partnership reacts to the RICS UK Construction Market Survey. Peter Vinden, Managing Director of The Vinden Partnership – a leading multi-disciplinary consultant company to the built environment – said: “Anybody following the recent surveys and analysis of the... View Article

Leading online estate agent, eMoov.co.uk, warns that should Tata’s Port Talbot steel works close its doors, the economic impact to the Port Talbot property market could be a 10% drop in the average house price over the next 12 months.... View Article

Prime country house prices have been rising for 13 consecutive quarters, ahead of the upcoming stamp duty changes. Additional findings: Prime country house prices rose by 0.3% in Q1 2016 Annual growth has eased to 2.4%, down from a high... View Article

Brian Murphy, Head of Lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), comments on the Halifax House Price Index (March 2016): “As the financial year came to a close, house prices rocketed in the biggest annual rise seen since July 2014. This... View Article

Founder and CEO of eMoov.co.uk, Russell Quirk, commented on the latest Halifax House Price Index: “Despite the drop in prices reported last month UK house prices seem to be finding their feet again for 2016 and the result of this... View Article

Commenting on the latest Markit UK Construction PMI data, Chris Temple, PwC’s UK engineering and construction leader, said: “The UK construction industry enjoyed a relatively strong period of growth from early 2013 through to mid-2015, helped partly by a bounce... View Article

Leading UK law firm Addleshaw Goddard has claimed a target of 40,000 new homes by 2025 in London’s Central Activities Zone (CAZ) is unrealistic without radical public sector intervention. The law firm claims that to reach these figures the Mayor... View Article

· Households in all UK regions perceive that the value of their home rose in March · Londoners perceived the strongest rate of price growth over the course of the month, followed by those in the South East · Households... View Article

Commenting on the Budget 2016, Peter Vinden, Managing Director of The Vinden Partnership – a leading multi-disciplinary consultant company to the built environment – said: “The Chancellor has talked of uncertain economic times ahead and it would seem that with... View Article

Brian Murphy, Head of Lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), comments: “Although gross mortgage lending fell between January and February, it is important to remember this is a common seasonal trend. It is very encouraging to see February’s lending is... View Article

Mark Robinson, Scape Group Chief Executive, comments on today’s ONS Construction Output data: “Despite a positive end to 2015, with strong growth of 3.4% in construction output across the year, there has been both an annual and a monthly dip... View Article

Commenting on the January construction output figures published by the ONS, Michael Thirkettle, Chief Executive of leading interdisciplinary international construction and property consultancy McBains Cooper, said: “Today’s figures show a second successive fall in output, which is bad news not... View Article

The Landscape Institute (LI) has expressed its encouragement with the NHS England announcement of the Heathy New Towns Programme. LI president Noel Farrer said: ‘ NHS England announcement on the Healthy New Towns programme is an important development for improving public health. Treating... View Article

By Martin Townsend, Director of Sustainability, BRE Global Published last week, the House of Lords Select Committee report Building Better Places makes significant and welcome recommendations to improve the quality and health of homes being constructed in the future rather... View Article