Residential property forecast

"We highlight the main drivers behind UK mainstream price movements. Plus, our five-year forecasts for the UK and its regions"

"As prices struggle in London, higher income yields and fewer constraints on mortgage affordability are driving performance in the Midlands as well as in the North"

"Housing transactions have hit a plateau, with little prospect of recovering to anything close to 2007 levels. However, these headline figures mask shifting trends about buyer types and where they’re buying"

"With Help to Buy unlikely to last forever, housebuilding must diversify to meet demand. We examine how wider choice can be met, and who has the capacity to deliver"

"With signs of a recovery in the rental market and stronger demand for rented homes, could build to rent (BTR) fill the gap left by buy to let?"

"Despite pockets of modest growth in the regions, expect Britain’s prime markets to remain price sensitive and driven by needs-based purchases until Brexit negotiations are complete, say Lucian Cook and Frances Clacy"

"An uncertain global and domestic political climate has led us to push out the recovery in the prime central London market by a further 12 months"

"Activity is picking up across all prime regions outside of London, in part due to realistic pricing. But high taxes and uncertainty remain a drag on progress"