Where next for the new-build premium?

The new-build premium tends to move inversely to house prices, due to housebuilders’ pricing strategy and changes in affordability. Given that house prices are likely to drift lower over the next couple of years, this suggests the premium will maintain, or more probably extend, its recent gains.

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