Brexit Puts a Ceiling on London Housing Demand, Prices: Reuters Poll

Brexit Puts a Ceiling on London Housing Demand, Prices: Reuters Poll
A man walks past a row of houses in Chelsea in London August 13, 2013.Reuters/Andrew Winning
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LONDON—Price rises in Britain’s overvalued housing market will lag inflation this year and next and in London prices are likely to fall in 2018 as Brexit keeps a lid on demand, a Reuters poll found.

The survey of 30 housing market specialists taken in the past few weeks, predicted home prices will rise on average 1.7 percent nationally this year - much slower than the predicted 2.5 percent increase in consumer prices.