Forecasts
Country home renaissance to continue in 2022, predicts Jackson-Stops
National estate agency predicts 3% growth for average UK property prices, with prime country houses set to out-perform at +5%.
RBKC to lead PCL market rally in 2022, predicts Winkworth
100-branch agency expects the Prime Central London market to comfortably outperform the rest of the UK next year
Rightmove predicts 5% growth for UK house prices in 2022; 3% in London
The housing market is likely to move at a "less frantic pace" in 2022 compared to the last 18 months, says Britain's biggest property portal.
UK house prices to rise 20% in the next five years, predicts JLL
Property price inflation "will be driven by mortgaged households who have seen high wage growth, housing equity growth over the past decade and can now also access historically low mortgage rates," says…
Global real estate bounce ‘will extend into 2022’, predict economists
But Oxford Economics expects real estate returns to "temper considerably" by 2026, "falling well below their historical trend".
Rents to rise c.20% in the next five years, predicts Savills
Build-to-rent investors are primed to fill a widening supply gap in the lettings market, says Savills, as it predicts strong growth for most prime and mainstream rental markets.
‘Far less frenzied’: Buying agency reports a ‘wind of change in the air’ for the property market
The property market is "far less frenzied" than it has been over the last year, says national buying agency Garrington, although prices continue to rise and buying activity continues to be "robust".
Winkworth set to beat profit forecasts
The market has been buoyant this year, reports the franchise operator, but trading conditions are expected to return to a 'more normal pattern' in the months ahead
Savills forecasts: Prime property markets to outperform over five years; PCL prices tipped for 8% growth in 2022
"Property in the capital’s most prestigious postcodes is overdue a recovery," says Savills, as it reveals its prime and mainstream market forecasts for the next five years.
PCL property prices set to rise 5-10% in 2022, predicts Strutt & Parker
National estate agency Strutts is forecasting price growth of between 20% and 35% by 2025 across the UK, and somewhere between 15% and 35% over five years in Prime Central London.
London rents predicted to jump 5.5% in 2022
"We can say with confidence that the London rental market decline is now firmly behind us," declares the boss of estate agency Benham & Reeves.
Volatile property market to calm, says OBR as it upgrades house price forecast
"House prices have risen significantly faster since the start of the pandemic than we had expected, says the Office of Budget Responsibility.