"The outlook for the farmland market as at October 2010."

"All of the messages in the market for the last 12 months have centred on how London's prime housing market has 'decoupled' from the balance of the UK..."

"Savills surveyed the residential property sector and this survey is based on nearly 400 respondents questioned during the first 3 weeks of September 2010."

"For the first time at this year’s RESI 10 conference, Savills has set out to measure the "good feel" – or "bad feel" – of the sector in a comprehensive sentiment survey. We covered attitudes to a wide range of different issues within the sector and received some interesting results."

" House prices in prime London have held steady for a second quarter, according to latest analysis from property adviser, Savills, defying expectations that values would have begun to fall by late summer. The company’s quarterly indices for prime London residential property recorded a virtual standstill (+0.1%) between July and September, following a marginal second quarter growth of 1.0%, but with small falls in some key central locations. This has slowed annual growth down to 9.1% and pegs values at 7.9% below peak. "

" House builders and investors found 2008 a difficult year, in the UK. House prices fell dramatically, transactions dried up, new build became a dirty word among lenders and development land values plummeted. Price falls shrank the net value of residential investment portfolios and the withdrawal of buy-to-let mortgage finance left few able to cash in on the bottom of the market. "

" There was an increase in transaction levels in the prime residential market in Scotland during the second quarter of 2010, compared to the same period last year, exceeding all expectations. However, the very high levels of stock on the market and the new Home Report valuation system have restrained price growth. "

" “Demand from cash rich buyers remains strong but with more stock expected to be released in the next 6 months and economic uncertainty continuing, caution is still evident. Motivated sellers are therefore encouraged to work with auctioneers to close the gap between buyer/seller expectations. ”  "

" A degree of stability is returning to the Scottish residential development land market, driven by both an easing of homebuyer constraints in the housing market and a shortage of housing stock. Land value growth still remains subdued, with land purchasers recognising serious long term constraints on the market.  "

" Tentative economic recovery will intensify competition for assets in prime markets. Following the softening in prime yields seen in some sectors last month, July was characterised by lack of activity with only one sector reporting any movement.    "