Economics

"We can see the first green shoots of a recovery," writes James Liffen of Mishcon de Reya as he takes stock of the property sector's current situation, "but think it may be some time before the prime and…

London is an "Alpha City", declares Professor Rowland Atkinson.

The coronavirus has exposed an underlying weakness within the world economy, and it will be several weeks before we find out the impact on the market, writes James Wyatt...

Charlie Ellingworth and the Property Vision team take a measured look at what the Covid-19 recovery could look like for the UK's economy and real estate sector.

Mayfair-based boutique agency to provide regular updates on the UK resi market as part of the bank's Decision Maker Panel, set up in 2016 to help shape post-Brexit economic policy

"Low-hanging" wealth & property taxes could rise to cover Covid-19 costs, suggests a political economist Professor Richard Murphy.

A Stamp Duty holiday is just one of the "critical" government-led measures needed to "kick-start" the property market - and so stimulate the whole economy - after the Coronavirus lockdown, says the Knight…

The ongoing Coronavirus lockdown will be followed by a "mini-boom" in prime London's property market, predicts super-prime specialist estate agency Beauchamp.

A looming "shortfall in incomes has a tremendous potential to disrupt the UK’s housing markets", warns the Centre for Economics & Business Research.

Over half-a-million property sales will be "lost" due to the Coronavirus lockdown, predicts Knight Frank, but prices are likely to "recover sharply" once restrictions are lifted.

No one knows when some sort of new normality will return, writes Patrick Alvarado, but those firms that manage to see out the crisis may end up stronger as a result...

"Transactions will bear the brunt" of the Coronvirus property slump, says Savills - but the firm doesn't think the pandemic will have a long-term effect on house prices.