Savills halves PCL price forecast for 2022
Prime Central London's property market recovery is taking longer than expected, says Savills, as it downgrades its forecast for this year. But PCL is still set to outpace the best-performing lockdown markets over next five years.
House price growth to slow, but ‘risks of a correction have been overstated’ – Savills
Savills has upgraded its mainstream market forecasts for this year, predicting 7.5% growth through 2022 and 12.9% over the five years to the end of 2026.
Savills drastically raises mainstream property price & transaction forecasts
"Previous UK recessions have been associated with house price falls, but 2020 looks set to be the exception," says Savills as it "significantly upgrades" is forecasts for both property prices and transaction…
Vendors are now achieving 99.4% of asking price, on average
More property sellers are getting closer to their asking price now than last year, with 41% of postcodes seeing the average deal being done at or above asking.
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