Forecasts

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...

The Covid-19 crisis could drive a "rural renaissance", reports Savills, as affluent househunters shift their priorities in light of the Coronavirus lockdown.

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.

Everyone agrees that transaction volumes will plunge, but opinions are divided over the impact of the Coronavirus on property values...

A looming "shortfall in incomes has a tremendous potential to disrupt the UK’s housing markets", warns the Centre for Economics & Business Research.

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.

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...

The Coronavirus pandemic is likely to cause "a hiatus in the UK housing market, without necessarily affecting longer term prospects," says Savills' research chief.

Around 5,000 new homes have been built in VNEB (Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea) over the last five years, and another 7,000 are due to be delivered in the next five...

"Wellness hacks, integrated technology and branded residences will all be big business for luxury property developers as we go into the new decade," writes Rebecca Cope in Tatler magazine.

Oxford Economics forecasts "sluggish" but positive growth for London property prices

The latest set of estate agents' forecasts are 'too conservative', suggests Black Brick, noting that vendors are already toughening up their stance;