COVID-19 impact: housing price growth forecast London and UK 2019-2021

With the assumption that the current movement restrictions due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will persist until the end of May 2020, Knight Frank forecast that residential transactions will remain above the five-year average in 2020. According to the forecast, the drop in sales over the second quarter will be followed by a gradual revival of activity in the second half of the year. While it is hard to foresee how residential prices will be impacted, house price growth is expected to recover in 2021 with London residential prices growing by six percent. For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

基于当前因冠状病毒（COVID-19）大流行导致的流动性限制预计将持续至2020年5月底的假设，Knight Frank预测，2020年住宅交易量将维持在五年平均水平之上。根据预测，第二季度销售额的下降将随后在下半年逐渐复苏。尽管难以预测住宅价格将受到何种影响，预计房价增长将在2021年恢复，伦敦住宅价格预计增长6%。如需了解更多关于冠状病毒（COVID-19）大流行的信息，请访问我们的专门事实与数据页面。