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Super-prime transactions in the capital totalled £1.24bn in the first half of the year, up 78% on 2025, as American technology founders and Gulf sovereign capital converged on Belgravia, Mayfair and St John’s Wood. The average ticket was £36.5m.
Published series, updated monthly. Each figure is shown with its source and reference period.
Reporting on the residential market, planning, lending and development across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Provisional figures from the department for housing show completions down 5.8% on the previous year, with the shortfall concentrated in London and the South East. Starts fell further, to 172,000, which points to a weaker pipeline in 2028 rather than 2027.
Five dates that moved the market, from the pensions accord in June to the Autumn Budget on 28 October.
Long-form analysis of prices, supply, cycles and regional divergence — with the data behind every claim.
Manchester, Bristol and Edinburgh are converging on the national average while London’s price-to-earnings multiple sits at its lowest since 2013. We look at the employment, supply and lending data behind that shift, and at the regions where the convergence is unlikely to continue.
Research, comparison and worked examples for readers allocating capital over ten years or more. We do not sell property and we do not forecast returns.
Gross and net yield ranges are the interquartile range of published market data for England and Wales, 2026. Price growth is the compound annual rate derived from the average house price series in the Data Desk. Past growth is not a forecast.
Tracked by implementation status and nation. 6 measures shown. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland legislate separately on housing.
Buyers of new-build homes in England would pay a 2.5% deposit, with government providing an equity loan worth up to 20% of the purchase price. The Treasury has briefed that full details will be published in the Autumn Budget on 28 October 2026. It has not been legislated for at the time of writing.
Assured shorthold tenancies have been replaced by periodic tenancies and the Section 21 ground for possession has been abolished in England. Implementation has been phased, with several provisions commenced later than the Act’s passage.
The proposal would require privately rented homes to reach Energy Performance Certificate band C by 2030. A cost cap and a phased timetable for older stock remain under consultation. No final standard has been set.
In-area rent increases are capped in relation to the Consumer Prices Index, and the measure has been extended for a further twelve months. New-build and substantially refurbished properties are treated differently, and the regime does not apply in England or Wales.
Operators of short-term lets would require a licence and a named responsible person. The scheme would be administered by local authorities and is modelled on the statutory licensing scheme already operating in Scotland.
Sometimes described as a mansion tax. The Treasury has confirmed the measure is not being taken forward for this Parliament, removing the largest single tax uncertainty for owners of homes above £2m. It remains a proposal in circulation rather than live legislation.
No measures in the tracker match that status.
Ten UK cities, read as property markets rather than as economies. Select a city to see its price, rent, yield and development driver.
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Tenant demand, landlord cost and the regulatory arithmetic — reported separately from sales-market coverage.
Available stock in the most expensive London postcodes remains roughly 41% below its 2019 average, and the shortfall is not being filled by new supply: completions in the capital fell again this year. The result is a market where the average prime tenancy is agreed within eleven days of listing, and where defensive cash flow has kept landlords in the market despite four years of rising compliance cost.
The picture outside London is more varied. Rent-to-income ratios in the North West have passed 30% for the first time, while in two Midlands cities the ratio of listings to applicants has returned to its long-run average.
Offices, logistics, retail and mixed use, written for readers who own or lend against the assets.
A two-tier market is now the defining feature of every regional office centre. We look at the four sub-markets where the gap between the best and second-best building is widest, and at what that means for valuations written on comparable evidence from 2021.
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Annual average to August 2026 · £ per dwelling
Features built to be read over a coffee rather than a commute. Each carries a contents list, figures and sources.
How £1.24bn of super-prime sales, a dissolved tax threat and a wave of technology wealth reshaped the top of the market in twelve months.
From coal cellars to five-storey basements, and the planning rules — and neighbourhood objections — that now govern them.
Institutional landlords now own around 140,000 homes in the UK. What happens when the first generation of leases expires?
Chosen by the desk: six pieces worth your time this week, in mixed formats and lengths.
A short, dense summary of what moved today. Published every weekday at 07:00 and 16:30.
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