The cost of market entry for first time owner-occupiers is preventing many from buying and so is boosting demand for rental property., say Savills.

Prime Central London estate agency, W A Ellis, saw a very active market in the run up to the Royal Wedding last month, and it expects levels of activity and interest to be sustained.

The barriers for investor entry to the UK residential housing market are still too great to ensure that future demand will be met, according to Mill Group.

The prime London rental market is now characterised by severe stock shortages and very high levels of demand, a combination that will underpin the strong price growth say Savills.

Tight supply of property pushes central London prices higher, reveals the Knight Frank Prime Central London Index, January 2011 results.

Property can offer a hedge against both expected and unexpected inflation, say Walls & Futures.

The October data from Land Registry's flagship House Price Index shows an annual price increase of 3.4 per cent.

The latest results from the Knight Frank Prime Central London Index confirm that prices in central London fell in October by -0.23%.

Rents in London’s prime residential market have risen 16% since their recessionary low in June 2009, reveals the Knight Frank London Lettings Index.

The average price of prime central London residential properties fell for the third month in a row during September, reveals Knight Frank.