‘The economic consequences from the Covid-19-induced recession will pull the housing market from its long-term growth trajectory’ – Hamptons
2021 will be "challenging", but estate agency brand Hamptons International expects the national average property price to end this year higher than it started it, despite Covid-19 and Brexit, and to climb by 8% over the next four years (+6% in London) - assuming there's a vaccine, a Brexit deal, and no second lockdown.
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