"We are confident that 2025 will be a positive year for house price growth, forecasting an average increase across the UK of 4%, as prices rise in both nominal and real terms."

"There have been six Governors of the Bank of England in the past 50 years and sixteen Chancellors of the Exchequer (a number boosted by the installation of a revolving door at Number 11 sometime in 2019)."

"We anticipate that the abolition of ‘non-doms’ status and the additional 2% stamp duty surcharge will result in further downward pressure on prices in the short-term"