Property asking prices fall as keen sellers seek winter buyers

Homeowners keen to attract buyers in the quieter winter months are asking less for the properties than those that came onto the market in October, as high prices and new mortgage lending rules have put a temporary brake on the “mini-boom” in the housing market, Rightmove said on Monday.

House prices in England and Wales stagnate in September: Hometrack

(Reuters) - Asking prices for houses in England and Wales flatlined in September for the first time in 19 months, according to a survey on Friday that showed a small fall in prices in London.

Number of £1m homes sold in London 'to rise by almost half in five years'

The number of homes sold in London for £1m or more will go up by almost half by 2018 as house prices and prosperity soar in the capital, an estate agency has said.

London hedge fund executives see pay packets halve as bonuses plummet

Hedge fund executives in London saw bonuses plummet last year, resulting in their pay packets being less than half of what they were 12 months ago.

Mideast Funds to Boost Property Buys Fivefold Over Decade

Middle East investors, including some of the world’s largest sovereign-wealth funds, may increase commercial real estate purchases to $180 billion over the next decade, broker CBRE Group projected.

Average house price in England could double in next decade, report says

The average price of a house in England could double in the next decade and hit more than £900,000 by 2034, unless there is a radical new housebuilding programme to provide nearly a quarter of a million new homes a year, a report claims today.

UK housing market shows resilience, says CML

The "resilient" UK housing market recorded another increase in mortgage lending in March, according to a lenders' group.

UK's largest hedge funds manage 82% of assets

Hedge funds manage $470 billion (£285 billion) in the UK, with 82 per cent of the assets controlled by just 20 large firms, the City regulator revealed today.