Evidence is growing that a boom in property rents in central London in 2011 is slowing and some landlords could face increasing pressures in 2012. Residential property rents in central locations in London fell back in the fourth quarter of 2011 after a period of consistent growth, according to the latest market report from Cluttons.

More rental properties are coming onto the market in the UK and as a result prices are falling, according to the latest rental index from FindaProperty. The number of available rental properties rose to its highest point since August 2009, triggering a 3.3% decrease in asking prices which fell from an average £890 per month [...]

Residential property values across the whole of prime London have ended 2011 on a record high says the international real estate adviser, Savills. A flight to quality by international safe haven buyers means the best central addresses have significantly outperformed, but locations fuelled only by domestic buyers have begun to lose momentum.

There was a surge in interest from property buyers in the UK in the first few weeks of 2012 but they are being hampered by a lack of new real estate coming onto the market, research suggests. Search activity during the first 10 days of 2012 reached new record heights, up by 27% on the [...]

First time buyer numbers in the UK increased markedly in 2011 as banks upped their high loan to value lending and loosened qualifying criteria on higher LTV mortgages, according to the latest Mortgage Monitor from e.surv chartered surveyors. There were 32% more loans with a deposit of 15% or under in 2011 than in 2010, [...]