London Housing Chart Book: Rents and house price growth to diverge

London’s house purchase and rental market will diverge next year. High house prices and rising interest rates will push down London house prices, and make a sustained recovery in transactions unlikely. Yet with tenant demand growth strengthening and buy-to-let curbs weighing on the rental supply, we expect London rents to return to growth in 2019.

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