Residential forecast

Here we look at why it's valuable to understand the thoughts and motives of high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) themselves, their attitudes to real estate and how they differ globally.

Knight Frank’s global research teams set out their prime residential price forecasts for 2023 and look back at what they got right, and wrong, in 2022.

In the interest of full disclosure, we look back at what we got right – and wrong – in 2022.

We have revised down our expectations for the sales markets but rental value forecasts have risen.

Latest forecast indicates UK price growth will return to single digits this year although the pace will pick up in prime central London as global travel resumes.

Rising rents, net zero and the divide over flexible working

Expectations for mainstream property markets have turned more positive following the Budget last week. However, travel restrictions mean the recovery in prime central London may take longer

House prices taper, mortgage lenders take a breath and major economies adapt to the pandemic

We have revised our forecasts down for 2021 in light of the third national lockdown and the prospect of travel restrictions that remain tighter for longer.

What next for UK house prices, the vaccine roll-out and China's recovery