Lower inflation, lower interest rates, continued tight supply of new homes and the prospect of more high loan-to-income mortgage lending means we think annual house price growth will accelerate from 1.6% in Q4 2025 to around 3.5% in Q4 2026. That would beat the consensus forecast of 2.5-2.8%.
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