The group believes house prices across the UK will continue to grow in 2022, with around a 3% rise over the year. This will be matched, they say, by rental growth that should also hit 3% on average. However, in some of the top performing areas, rental growth could even reach as high as 5-10%.
Some of this could be caused by a growing gap between demand and stock availability. Some landlords in the private rented sector may have already sold, or be planning to sell, to benefit from the house price rise. As always, across the UK property market, location makes a big difference, and certain areas are forecast to thrive more than others.