UK Property Market continues to grow despite uncertainty

Recent news stories have been continually speculating about the impact on the UK housing market, a hard or “no deal” Brexit is likely to have. Despite uncertainty around Brexit Hometrack’s recent Cities House Price Index analysis indicates there is further scope for price growth in the most affordable cities, where prices are currently rising fastest. Some of the key take home messages from their report are: 

•    Liverpool fastest growing city
•    First-time buyer income to buy up 18% since 2015
•    Income to buy outright range from £25k to £82k
•    Room for price growth in most affordable cities 

Read the full Hometrack Report Here

20ci also report that in August, the average price of property in the UK was £214,000.
88 postcode areas have prices greater than this with the most expensive average price located in West London, over 6 times the average value. 

The Lettings Market

According to the Office for National Statistics, rents in the private rented sector rose by 1.6 per cent in the year to August. The area where they rose fastest was the East Midlands, incorporating Nottingham, Leicester and Derby. This looks set to continue into 2019 with a survey conducted by Propertymark suggesting 59 per cent of lettings agents say that they expect rents to rise, compared with just 19 per cent who expect them to fall.