Property bidding wars are breaking out at record pace
More than a third of home sales were subject to a bidding war last year, as a record number of buyers paid more than the asking price.

More than a third of home sales were subject to a bidding war last year, as a record number of buyers paid more than the asking price.
The supply crisis is hitting homes hard. It’s not just a lack of building materials, labour shortages and difficulty sourcing trendy taps and tiles, it is about finding a house in the first place.
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‘2021 was a year when more and more people realised they needed some professional help to secure the house of their dreams’, says Black Brick.
Prospective tenants in the city’s red-hot market face ferocious competition and dwindling supply.
Kristin Young has just moved from Seattle to London for her job in tech. The 26-year-old American and her partner, Will, will be renting a one-bedroom apartment at The Marlo, a new purpose-built rentals scheme in Marylebone, a wealthy part of central London to the south of Regent’s Park and north of Mayfair.
A buying agency has claimed that finding a decent house in one of the capital’s hottest markets is now “impossible” without professional help.
Is a dose of reality returning to the UK property market, with London once again the traditional driving force of national house price growth?
Next spring Peter and Melanie Tunstall will finally be on their way to London to start a new life – and find a new home.
London’s super-prime property market is roaring back to life. Overseas buyers are beginning to return and the supply of luxury bricks and mortar is set to be boosted by the launch of luxury developments with multimillion-pound price tags.
London’s high-end property market is showing glimmers of recovery as a second consecutive quarter of price increases followed years of falling or flatlining values, according to new data.
Valuing the home on divorce can be a “bone of contention”, particularly for the woman in the relationship, specialists have warned.