1、Grow|Protect|Operate|Finance20242024:Ready,steady.go!Dentons UK Real Estate Market Predictions 2024IntroductionOn 18 January 2024,Dentons held its prestigious annual Real Estate Market Predictions event at which our panel of esteemed experts provided their forecasts on the anticipated trends and dev

2、elopments in the property market for 2024.This report integrates that unique insight with our own views to offer a comprehensive perspective on the year ahead.Reflecting on the sentiment that might have prevailed had this event taken place in December 2023,it is likely that both our panellists and p

3、articipants would have expressed a more cautious outlook.However,as we step into 2024,there is a palpable sense of optimism,driven partly by the prospect of a fall in interest rates.Confidence in the market is on the rise,but it is contingent on a sustained period of stability.Hence,the theme for 20

4、24 could well be characterised as“ready,steadygo!”with the big question being who will trigger the starting siren and when.Dr Walter BoettcherHead of Research and Economics,ColliersRob ThompsonPartner and Head of UKIME Real Estate,DentonsJames StevensHead of Investment Global Real Estate,Aviva Inves

5、torsBen ChittickHead of European Asset Management,Harrison StreetJane StockdaleHead of European Capital Markets,HeitmanMadeleine McDougallHead of the Real Estate&Housing,Lloyds2 Dentons UKI Real Estate Market Predictions 2024Dentons UKI Real Estate Market Predictions 2024 32023 market conditions hav

6、e fuelled accumulated demandGoing into last year there was a feeling that,while the start to the year might be rocky,the market would pick up and opportunities would arise.While for some 2023 was a great year,the majority found that the interplay of factors such as high interest rates,high inflation