Forecasts

But London's rental market has hit an 'affordability ceiling', so is on track for lower growth than other parts of the country.

Bullish forecast comes despite a 'larger-than-normal seasonal slowdown in pricing as we head towards Christmas'.

'The mood of the housing market has shifted from trepidation to cautious optimism,' says national estate agency - but Hamptons' longer-term outlook is less bullish than other property market forecasts

'With the October Budget behind us, the outlook for both house prices and rents remains positive,' says JLL in its latest property market forecasts.

Savills has issued fresh forecasts for the mainstream housing market, with an optimistic outlook for less turbulent times ahead.

A quarter of non-doms with on-shore trusts are likely to migrate out of Britain, suggest experts, plus 12% of non-doms without trusts.

Average property values are expected to rise by 15% by end of 2030.

Britain's biggest mortgage lender expects UK house prices to rise by an average of 2% next year.

The Adam Smith Institute believes the share of the UK population who are US dollar millionaires will fall by a fifth over the next four years, thanks to 'a hostile culture for wealth creators'.

Tom Bill explains how the property market landscape has altered over the last 90 days, and why the next three months will provide some more clarity about the longer-term prospects.

A round-up of forecasts suggests economists are feeling much more positive compared to last month and to last year.

Housing market activity is running well ahead of last year, prompting the property portal to anticipate a 1% increase in average asking prices through 2024.