Our new UK housing forecasts

A quick economic recovery, sustained fiscal support, and the housing-specific measures in the Budget mean it is likely that policymakers will successfully mitigate the adverse impact of the pandemic on the housing market. As a result, we now think that house prices will avoid a fall, and instead rise by 3% y/y in 2021 and 2.5% y/y in 2022.

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