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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Vicky Shaw

House price growth forecast: London expected to lag behind East Midlands and North West by 2028

The Midlands and the North West of England are poised to out-perform London for cumulative percentage house price growth since prices reached a low point after the 2008 financial crash, according to a housing market forecast.

Overall, house prices are expected to record “modest” percentage growth next year, rising by 2.5 per cent annually across Britain in the fourth quarter of 2026, according to Hamptons.

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