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Market Insight Spring 2026

Our Spring Market Insight report, Will higher mortgage rates sour the spring bounce?, explores what higher mortgage rates, stamp duty pressures and looming tax changes really mean for house prices and market activity.
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Market Insight Winter 2026

Hamptons' Winter report looks at what’s shaping the housing market in 2026. From interest rate cuts and easing inflation to the arrival of a new ‘mansion tax’ and rental resets. We also explore why London is losing ground to the Midlands and North – and what that means for buyers and sellers.
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Hamptons’ Housing Market Forecasts, A market that mirrors the nations's mood, reveals our predictions for house prices and transactions across the country up until the end of 2028.
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Market Insight Autumn 2025

Hamptons’ Market Insight, Prime Central London's 'lost decade', explores one of the world's most prestigious markets sizable changes as well as unpacking the latest trends from shifting mortgage rates to rental resets and tax reform rumours.
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Market Insight Summer 2025

In this Market Insight, The Generation Housing Game, we explore how generation shifts are reshaping homeownership, a sales market outlook and the latest rental market trends.
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Buy-to-Let Report Summer 2025

Hamptons’ latest buy-to-let report explains why diversifying a property portfolio across different geographies is key and how far you need to go.
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Market Insight Spring 2025

Hamptons’ latest market insight, covers politics, legislation, international buyers, pandemic effects and more.
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Market Insight Winter 2025

In this Market Insight, Who's leaving London?, we explore what might impact the housing market in 2025.
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Market Insight Autumn 2024

Hamptons’ latest market forecast, sets our predictions for the sales and lettings market through to 2027, following Labour's first Budget.
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Market Insight Summer 2024

Hamptons’, Housing expectations from a Labour government, outlines the outlook for the sales and lettings market following the general election.
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Market Insight Spring 2024

Hamptons' latest market insight, London leads the recovery, explores the housing market's outlook including an assessment of previous government schemes tailored towards helping first-time buyers.
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Market Insight Winter 2024

What's next for the property market in 2024?, Hamptons’ latest market insight, investigates what lies ahead for the housing market in the year ahead including what an election can bring.
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