While residential property sales in London and south - east England are continuing to drop , the commercial property market is on the rise . House prices in the capital fell by 0.7 % in H1 2018 and transaction levels fell by 20 % , year - on - year . The number of properties marketed above £ 2 m ( $ 2 m ) in Q3 2018 was 25 % lower than £1 2017 . Meanwhile , H1 2018 saw £ 22.5bn of commercial property lending , 25 % higher than H1 2017 , according to Cass Business School 's latest report on commercial property lending . Of the lending , 53 % was from acquisition finance and 14 % of loans financed property portfolios .
While residential property sales in London and south-east England are starting to drop, the commercial property market is on the rise. House prices in the capital fell by 0.7% in H1 2018 and transaction levels decreased by 20%, year-on-year. The number of properties marketed above £2m ($2.6m) in Q3 2018 was 25% lower than Q3 2017. Meanwhile, H1 2018 saw £22.5bn of commercial property lending, 27% higher than H1 2017, according to Cass Business School's latest report on commercial property lending. Of the lending, 53% was from acquisition finance and 14% of loans financed property portfolios.