Forecasts
CEBR triples house price forecast to +4.7% this year, but London ‘weighed down’ by prime sector
The Centre for Economics and Business Research has significantly bumped up its house price growth forecasts for the second time in just three months, but London's price growth is being "weighed down" by…
OBR cuts 2020 house price forecasts by 5% – but the Budget won’t affect the market
The Office of Budget Responsibility has revised its medium-term forecasts for the property market down by 5% to +34.1% by Q1 2020, but not as a result of yesterday's Budget.
In real terms, that's a +13.
Prime central London property price growth ‘likely to bottom out’ this Summer – Knight Frank
Prime central London property prices are becoming "more sober" as annual growth has now slowed to just +2% - down from +8.
Architects stay positive as resi forecasts continue to lead the market
The RIBA's Future Trends Workload Index nudged up only very slightly last month, moving from +36 in April to +37 in May.
Savills tempers prime property market forecasts
Savills has "relaunched its weather balloon" into the post-election atmosphere to gauge the new temperature of the property market, taking the opportunity to urge all political parties to help avoid the…
House prices to rise by 18% over next five years as ‘market stability returns’ – Cluttons
House prices are all set to rise by 18% over the next five years, while rents are likely to increase by 19.
Agencies upgrade prime central London price predictions
Knight Frank and Strutt & Parker have both upgraded their predictions for PCL prices in the wake of the General Election.
‘Average London house prices are likely to breach the £1m barrier before 2030’
Population, employment levels and average earnings are all set to rise faster in the capital than in the rest of the country over the next 15 years, predicts Oxford Economics, and that means that "average…
CEBR revises house price forecasts up: From a 0.6% drop to a 1.5% rise this year
The Centre for Economics and Business Research has dramatically revised its national property market forecasts for this year, bumping January's dismal prediction of a 0.
London homeowners expect prices to rise by 9% in the next six months – Zoopla
It turns out that homeowners are a tad more bullish than most paid property pundits: Zoopla's latest sentiment survey estimates that people across the country think the value of their homes will rise by…
CEBR revises forecasts after SDLT reform: London prices to fall by 3.3% this year
The Centre for Economics and Business Research has slightly amended its house price forecasts for the coming year, now arguing for a smaller 0.6% drop in the national average price rather than the -0.
FORECASTS 2015: A review of property market predictions
There's a pretty broad spread of forecasts amongst the top 15 prime property research units that have thrown in their numbers so far.
PrimeResi Property Price Forecasts 2015
Prime central London: +1%