Why house prices are unlikely to crash next year
There is an assumption that when the furlough scheme ends, unemployment will spike and house prices will crash. However, 2021 is likely to be far less straightforward, writes Tom Bill...
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A looming "shortfall in incomes has a tremendous potential to disrupt the UK’s housing markets", warns the Centre for Economics & Business Research.
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%.
Property transactions to plummet by 38% this year, predicts Knight Frank, but PCL prices are set to surge in 2021
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