Top-end country house prices have soared by 16% in the last year
Country homes valued at £5m+ saw average prices surge by 7.3% in Q1, taking the annual rate of price inflation to a blistering 15.8%.
PCL prices are likely to rebound next year, rising 20% by the end of 2024
Prime Central London is set to become one of the UK's strongest-performing markets, predicts Savills, flipping a trend seen since 2014.
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.
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