Economics

David Huggett explains the events that led to a 'once in a lifetime' opportunity for international buyers last year, and why the latest shift in currency markets could signal another turning point.

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This is the tenth consecutive increase to the base rate of interest; there are now signals that we may be approaching a peak.

Prime London postcodes and top-tier university cities 'are the most likely to escape relatively unscathed' from the property market downturn, says Garrington.

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'The rapidity of recent price declines in economies like Sweden, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia suggests prices may retrace a large part of their previous boom,' says Adam Slater of Oxford Economics.

'Greater taxation of rich people is not the only answer to the inequality crisis, but it is a fundamental part of it,' says Oxfam.

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Four in ten ultra-high-net-worth individuals grew their wealth in 2022, according to Knight Frank's latest research, despite a year of ‘Permacrisis’.

Track the mortgage market not house price data to get the timing right in 2023, says KF's head of UK resi research.

'The UK's private rental market is going through a period of rationalisation and consolidation after more than a decade of very rapid growth up until 2016,' says Richard Donnell.

Rarely has the current state of the UK property market been such a poor guide for what happens next, says Knight Frank's research chief.