Forecasts
‘We’re confident 2025 will remain buoyant’: Analysts predict 1.18mn resi transactions this year
7% more sales have been recorded so far this year compared to 2024, reports TwentyEA, as 'strong growth continues across supply and demand'.
Average house prices still set to rise 3.5% this year, predicts CBRE
Real estate consultancy takes a more bullish view of the UK property market in 2025 than other research units.
Another big property firm halves 2025 house price growth forecast
Gráinne Gilmore's team at Cluttons has recast its predictions for both the mainstream & prime London markets.
Zoopla cuts house price forecast despite ‘surge’ in market activity
'Low house price inflation is not a bad thing,' says property portal - 'so long as there is enough market confidence for people to list their homes and make bids to buy homes'
‘A lot has changed over the last six months’: Savills slashes 2025’s house price growth forecast
But the five-year outlook for the mainstream market has been slightly upgraded.
Rightmove halves growth forecast as asking prices record biggest July dip
Property portal now expects average asking prices to rise by just 2% through 2025, although transaction volumes remain strong.
Hamptons cuts rental price growth forecast
'The rental market softened more quickly than we anticipated,' says estate agency.
‘Golden Age of UK property investment is over,’ claims top wealth manager
Today's home buyers 'lack the same opportunity to build wealth through housing' as previous generations, says Rathbones.
UK housing market faces a smoother ride in second half of 2025 – Knight Frank
As tariff turbulence appears to have peaked and the stamp duty disruption fades, the main risk over the next six months is the autumn Budget, explains the agency's UK resi research boss Tom Bill.
UK set for record wealth exodus in 2025
This is a 'pivotal moment' in global wealth migration, says Henley & Partners as Britain 'leads the world in millionaire outflow'.
Housebuilding will ‘fall well short’ of 1.5mn target, warns Savills
Leading property consultancy expects property developers to deliver only 56% of the government's housing target.
Knight Frank downgrades PCL house price growth forecast
'Needs-based' housing markets are likely to see prices rise faster than previously thought, but Knight Frank has cut its near-term forecast for Prime Central London 'due to the fact the political backdrop…