Forecasts
Only one in five people expect UK house prices to fall next year
A recent survey has also found that British buyers are more likely to put forward a lower offer than asking price compared to their European counterparts.
OBR slashes five-year house price inflation forecast by 17%
Average property prices are likely to be 17% lower after five years than was predicted in March, before the pandemic hit, says the Office for Budget Responsibility.
Most prime global cities are likely to see property prices increase in 2021 – Knight Frank
Prime property markets around the world have proven "largely resilient" in the face of this year's happenings, reports Knight Frank.
Revealed: Britain’s top residential property investment hotspots for the next five years
£42 billion of additional capital is due to be committed to the UK’s residential investment sector by 2025, predicts Knight Frank.
Strutt & Parker ramps up property price forecasts
Estate agency Strutt & Parker has revised its 2020 forecasts for the UK's property market after a "mini-boom" in transactions in the last few months.
‘What we need from our homes is changing’: How UK property markets are likely to shift in the coming years
Birmingham is tipped to be the strongest regional property market over the next five years, says JLL, as the wider UK market "shows its resilience" despite a tricky-looking 2021.
UK house prices to fall next year – JLL
Agency expects prices to dip in 2021, before rising ‘quickly and steadily’; transactions to remain well down on pre-Covid predictions
UK house prices set to rise 14.5% by the end of 2024
London is likely to see the slowest rate of property price inflation in the coming years, according to some analysis of various property market forecasts.
Knight Frank revises PCL rental forecasts as market starts to shift
Values have now fallen by -8.1% in a year in the capital's most expensive postcodes - the biggest fall over a 12-month period in more than a decade - but the agency sees a turnaround on the cards in 2021...
‘British house price boom to fizzle out next year’ – Reuters poll
A poll of property pundits a 2% rise for UK property prices this year, before a "flatline" in 2021.
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…
Six key issues that will shape the property market this winter
More vendors are cutting asking prices, notes Knight Frank, demonstrating "a flicker of nervousness" in the property market as summer turns into autumn.