Forecasts

Knight Frank's latest set of forecasts identify five key factors affecting the UK's residential property markets

"Grosvenor Square could well become the most desirable residential address in the world", says JLL

'It may be a less exciting prospect, but it should be more sustainable and less volatile than in the recent past', says JLL

A 1% rise 'would add £10bn to the UK's mortgage bill', says Savills, which works out at around £930 per year per mortgaged household...

Knight Frank identifies key locations across the capital where best in class new-build schemes are most likely to out-perform mainstream markets

2018 "to be a year of price falls" in Prime Central London

Knight Frank and Strutt & Parker predict a 0.5% rise in prime central London rents in 2018, following a 2.1% drop last year

Knight Frank surveys resort property markets in Barbados, Mustique, St Barts, the British Virgin Islands, and the Bahamas.

From trains and planes to tax reforms and electioneering...

Property portal's "cautious" forecasts follow a chunky 2.6% December dip in asking prices.

"The fundamentals looks sound" for residential markets in 2018, says Winkworth, but the estate agency is not predicting much in the way of price rises.