Sellers accept big discounts on top-end London property

High-end homes in central London are selling at the biggest discounts in more than a decade as sellers continue to set ambitious prices even as the market declines. In 2017 homes in the most exclusive postcodes were sold at an average discount of 10 per cent or more...

May to set timetable to reveal foreign owners of UK property

Pressure from Tory peers leads PM to promise draft legislation on register of beneficial owners by summer Theresa May will set out a timetable to break the secrecy surrounding the foreign ownership of British property worth billions after facing a House of Lords...

Six factors influencing the UK property market in 2018

It could be a better year in Britain’s dysfunctional housing market for first-time buyers and tenants   Interest rates will stay low Another 0.25% hike is expected in late spring, taking the Bank of England base rate to 0.75%. That will add £22 to the typical...