Notably, online retailers accounted for 39% of all take-up in Q1 2020, the highest level on record, this is compared to just 17% for the whole of 2019. The Scottish housing market will outperform the rest of the UK by 2022, according to estate agency Savills. It said that in Scotland, house prices were rising at a faster rate than anywhere else in Britain. This figure is more than double the 7% forecast for Greater London and considerably higher than the 14% estimated for the UK as a whole. Savills also said UK house-price growth will return in 2019-20, assuming wage rises, GDP growth and employment remain on track.
The Scottish housing market will outperform the rest of the UK by 2022, according to estate agency Savills. It said that in Scotland, house prices were rising at a faster rate than anywhere else in Britain. This figure is more than double the 7% forecast for Greater London and considerably higher than the 14% estimated for the UK as a whole. Savills also said UK house-price growth will return in 2019-20, assuming wage rises, GDP growth and employment remain on track.