Residential Transactional and Living Markets
Residential Investment
Overview
As we enter 2025, the residential investment market across the UK presents a mixed picture, with both opportunities and challenges on the horizon. While there are positive signs, it's crucial to maintain a balanced perspective on the market's trajectory.
Student Housing
Overview
A surge of activity towards the end of 2024 brought the year’s total investment volume to circa £3.5Bn, representing a £400M increase compared to 2023. While this reflects a strong performance given the challenging macro-economic environment, investment volumes remain significantly below the five-year average.
Residential Development
The Development market has seen a slight softening following the positivity experienced in the back end of 2024, largely as a consequence of wider macroeconomic issues post budget. There continues to be a gap between buyers’ and sellers’ expectations due to finance costs and a lack of confidence in the owner occupier market and capital growth over the next year.