Predictions for the buying and selling market in 2020
More than a quarter (28 per cent) of estate agents expect house prices to fall next year, down from 43 per cent last year when agents were asked the same question. Over half (56 per cent) of agents expect house prices to stay the same.
A quarter (25 per cent) of estate agents think the number of sales made to first-time buyers will increase and over half (58 per cent) expect it to stay the same.
A third (32 per cent) expect demand to decrease and a further quarter (28 per cent) think supply will increase.