Demand for property in London continues to soar as buyers rush to beat April’s forthcoming stamp duty surcharge on investment properties.<\/p>\n
Both new buyer registrations and tenancy agreements have jumped as buyers and renters hunt for one-bedroom homes, according to estate agent Marsh & Parsons\u2019 latest London Property Monitor.\u00a0There was a 24% rise in the number of new buyers registering in the year to January.<\/p>\n
An influx of first-time buyers means mortgage buyers now account for 66% of prime London sales, up from 49% a year ago.<\/p>\n
The prime London rental market is even more buoyant with the volume of agreed tendencies up 44% from January last year, new figures show.<\/p>\n
The surge in demand for prime London properties contrasts with the continued shortage of housing stock in the capital.<\/p>\n
The supply of prime London homes in the three months to January fell 12% year-on-year.<\/p>\n
This has led to intense competition to own a home in the capital, with 13 buyers for every property at the end of last year.<\/p>\n
Peter Rollings, chief executive of Marsh & Parsons, said the London property market has begun 2016 with a spring in its step.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe New Year always tends to bring a resurgence in purchase activity, as buyers shake off the last of the Christmas holiday haze and re-focus their attention on climbing up, or onto, the ladder.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the figures we\u2019re currently seeing are strong even by those standards.<\/p>\n
\u201cPrivate buyers, landlords and other investors are rushing to secure their preferred property before the 1 April stamp duty hike.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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