Forecasts
Savills pushes housing market recovery back to 2028
New forecasts: Mainstream UK prices are tipped to fall 1.5% next year, with London in for a 3.5% drop as top agency downgrades expectations again.
Forecast: London property prices ‘should return to growth’ in 2027
Major estate agency group thinks home-buying activity will improve a bit in the coming years, but doesn't expect a big recovery.
OBR downgrades house price, transaction & construction forecasts
Fiscal watchdog expects 4% fewer property sales over the next five years than were predicted in March.
House price growth on track to fall to just 0.5% by the end of the year – Zoopla
Property portal blames high mortgage costs for 'tempering the autumn rebound in housing activity.'
Reuters cuts UK house price forecasts; London tipped for 1.4% fall
Property pundits have downgraded their expectations for the UK housing market.
Major agency reins in long-range PCL forecast
Strutts now expects cumulative growth of just 4.4% by 2030 - down from 9%-12% at the start of the year - but sees downward pressure easing in 2027.
Rightmove downgrades 2026 price forecast as asking prices see steepest August drop since 2018
'Many sellers are recognising the reality of the market and pricing much more competitively from day one,' says property portal.
House-building numbers set to slump as viability squeeze deepens – Savills
Property consultancy's updated forecast points to a sharp downturn, with completions falling to just over 150,000 in each of the next two years.
Data firm cuts 2026 transactions forecast as SSTCs fall 8%
Annual forecast trimmed by 70,000 as geopolitical uncertainty weighs on demand.
UK house prices ‘will rise less than previously predicted this year’ – Reuters
News organisation's poll of pundits suggests London prices will fall by an average of 0.3% in 2026.
Forecasts Recast: Influential analysts downgrade prime property prospects as outlook darkens
Knight Frank, JLL, Savills and Strutt & Parker have all cut house price forecasts in the last few weeks. PrimeResi checks where the market stands as we head into H2.
Savills warns of weaker year for prime property markets
'Market conditions have notably shifted' in the last six months, say analysts, as top-end price forecasts are scaled back again.