UK housing market to cool after 2021 boom – Oxford Economics
"A soft landing is more likely than an abrupt correction" in house prices, says a top forecasting house.
‘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…
‘Plenty of fuel left in the tank for the housing market’: Rightmove predicts 4% growth for asking prices in 2021
Property portal's forecast of 4% house price inflation in 2021 is "more conservative than the unsustainable 6.
Zoopla predicts ‘a windfall for the market’ in Q1 2021 as transactions complete
House prices are up 2.6% on the year, according to Zoopla, but buyer demand is beginning to cool.
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