The UK housing market grew by 6.3% to £379bn in 2024, Savills reveals.
The info exhibits that this equated to 1.1m transactions at a median sale worth of £343,822.
Market development was mentioned to be pushed by a £22.3bn enhance in spending on home purchases.
A £22.3bn enhance in spending on home purchases was pushed by a £24.3bn enhance in using mortgage debt. This represented an 18.1% enhance on the yr prior.
Nonetheless, whereas the fairness put down by mortgaged patrons rose by £6.3bn (9.5%), spending amongst money patrons fell by £8.4bn (5.4%), that means money and fairness fell to 58% of the overall spend on housing.
The best enhance in mortgage debt was amongst first-time patrons, which elevated by 21.4% totalling £12.2bn, which was fuelled by larger transaction ranges and a slight easing within the common loan-to-value.
Savills head of residential analysis Lucian Prepare dinner says: “Complete spending on UK home purchases shifted again into optimistic territory in 2024 as stability returned to the mortgage markets.”
“Whereas the overall measurement of the housing market is beneath its pandemic peak of £521bn, it stays £36bn bigger than instantly earlier than the pandemic.”
“Additional rate of interest cuts anticipated this yr will imply that the vary of patrons coming to the market will widen, and we are able to count on to see their spending energy decide up over the following 12 months.”
