Market News & Reports

In line with the government's Northern Powerhouse Scheme to empower and strengthen the northern cities as a whole, the first ever mayor of Greater Manchester has been elected in Andy Burnham. By some measures, Burnham will now have more power than the mayor of London.

Manchester’s economy performed strongly in the last three months of 2016, putting it into the top three of the fastest growing UK cities.

From May 2016 onward, there has been a relatively gentle and almost straight-line increase in house prices, despite the Brexit referendum in June 2016.

Foreign buyers of residential real estate in Queensland are required to pay an additional 3 per cent duty surcharge on acquisitions of specified residential property in Queensland, called Additional Foreign Acquirer Duty (AFAD), from 1 October 2016.

Outer London along with key regional hubs such as Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool look set to be at the heart of our UK strategy for 2017.

The capital now has the slowest rate of growth in the country, as low supply in the north of England is driving yields for investors.

High rental yields, job creation and population growth are making the UK's great northern cities property investment hotspots for overseas buyers

The government will more than double the property stamp duty for second-home buyers to 15 per cent.