Forecasts
Reuters poll: UK prices to fall by 5% in 2020, before gradual recovery
Panel of pundits predict rises of 1.5% in 2021 and 3.5% in 2022
Savills revises rental growth forecasts down
Rental yields are likely to be lower in 2024 relative to today, predicts Savills.
Savills forecasts a 7.5% drop for house prices this year, with transactions down by a third
Savills is standing by its pre-pandemic five-year forecasts, despite anticipating a major slump in 2020.
‘We might see Hampstead Garden Suburb become fashionable again’: Buying agency predicts post-lockdown demand shifts
Leafy locales of SW London & mansion-strewn lands north of Hampstead Village tipped for a boost at the expense of PCL apartments, as buyers weigh up location vs green space in the post-pandemic era
One in five new UK homes could be built using MMC by 2030
Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) could help to kick-start the post-pandemic building industry around the world, predicts Savills, while delivering more energy-efficient homes more quickly and more…
Liam Bailey: Where next for UK residential transactions and prices?
Knight Frank's global research chief explains the thinking behind the firm's latest set of forecasts, released today, which have been downgraded in light of the longer lockdown period...
How Covid-19 will reshape what prime UK home buyers & sellers want
The Covid-19 crisis could drive a "rural renaissance", reports Savills, as affluent househunters shift their priorities in light of the Coronavirus lockdown.
Lloyds predicts a 5% fall for house prices this year
Major mortgage lender Lloyds and top-end buying agency Black Brick are both predicting a fall for property values as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Deutsche Bank predicts a 20% slump for UK house prices
Everyone agrees that transaction volumes will plunge, but opinions are divided over the impact of the Coronavirus on property values...
UK house prices likely to drop 13% this year as incomes tumble, predict economists
A looming "shortfall in incomes has a tremendous potential to disrupt the UK’s housing markets", warns the Centre for Economics & Business Research.
Property transactions to plummet by 38% this year, predicts Knight Frank, but PCL prices are set to surge in 2021
Over half-a-million property sales will be "lost" due to the Coronavirus lockdown, predicts Knight Frank, but prices are likely to "recover sharply" once restrictions are lifted.
Post-Pandemic: What will become of the UK’s residential property market?
Major agencies have a shot at predicting how far transactions and prices will fall during the Coronavirus crisis, and more importantly - when they will eventually recover...