Monthly Briefing: Prime London Market - August 2024

20 August 2024

Post-election bounce for London's prime sales market, while stock levels over in prime lettings continue to recover.

A few key insights:

A POSITIVE MONTH FOR SALES ACTIVITY

Sales activity had its most positive month of the year so far, with 8.7% more transactions recorded than July 2023.

STOCK LEVELS RISE ACROSS PRIME LONDON

There were 11.1% more properties on the market across prime London at the end of July than a year earlier.

A SLIGHT RISE IN RENTAL GROWTH

Annual rental growth increased to 1.4% in July but remains below recent levels.

NEW INSTRUCTIONS RISE

LonRes data for July indicated an annual increase of 9.7% in new instructions.

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