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UK & London sales market update Autumn 2023
Average house prices continue their downward trajectory, with values falling 5.3% in the year to September. Our quarterly update examines the latest trends in the UK, London, and prime London sales markets.
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Hyde Park market focus: Autumn 2023
A new seasonal trend? The housing market is traditionally quite seasonal, with busy periods in Spring, Autumn and the New Year, as buyers and movers use markers of the year as a goal to settle into a new home.
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Wapping & Limehouse market focus: Autumn 2023
The Bank of England has raised the base rate multiple times this year, but the messaging from rate-setters at the central bank is that we could be nearing the peak. This has allowed the money market rates, which determine the price of fixed-rate mortgage lending to fall back a little.
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Shad Thames market focus: Autumn 2023
Activity in the London sales market has eased this year compared to a very busy 2022, as rising interest rates and a more uncertain economic outlook affect the whole UK housing market.
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Commercial market update Autumn 2023
Will they? Won’t they? This is the key question around whether the UK’s base rate will exceed 5.75%. There have been enough mixed messages to muddy the waters – inflation data released in June showed that inflation was stuck at 8.7% in May, which prompted forecasts that the base rate would peak at 6.5% from the current rate of 5.25%.
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Office market update Autumn 2023
UK office vacancy rate continues to climb. Weak demand and strong supply are resulting in an ever-rising vacancy rate for offices across the UK, which has hit 7.7%, up from less than 5% before the pandemic.
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Retail market update Autumn 2023
The retail environment remains challenging. The rising cost of living, and recent disappointing weather have led to a further tick down in overall sales.
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Industrial market update Autumn 2023
Vacancy rate remains low. Net absorption of industrial space dipped into negative territory in Q2 2023 for the first time in 11 years as take up fell back to levels last seen before the pandemic.
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UK economic update Autumn 2023
The key economic move over the last few months was the Bank of England’s decision not to raise interest rates in September.
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Prime London sales Q3 2023
Price growth in the Greater London market was more subdued than in some other parts of the country during the pandemic.
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