"Robust activity in final quarter of 2024 caps a year marked by uncertainty"

"We discuss the findings from our recent landlord survey, the latest movements in rental values, key trends across the market, and our prime rental forecasts"

"Lucian Cook explores the dependencies on which a sustained recovery of the housing market relies, the impact of government policies, and balance of supply and demand in the UK’s property market."

"Growth across prime regional markets remains muted as the buoyancy of the pandemic recedes and the October Budget looms on the horizon. But the August interest rate cut has stimulated growing demand among mortgaged buyers, which is likely to feed into a gradual recovery"

"Questions around the outcome of the October budget have weighed on those involved in the prime central London market, overshadowing the benefits of lower mortgage rates felt by some buyers in outer prime markets."