
21st July 2025
Gloomy news as rental market forecast slashed by top agency
Hamptons has downgraded its 2025 rental growth forecast from 4.5% to 1.0% across Britain, reflecting a faster-than-expected market slowdown. Meanwhile Rightmove has halved its forecast for house price rises in 2025, from 4% to just 2% – that’s below the rate of inflation. Hamptons says rents on newly-let properties rose 0.4% year-on-year across...