"Following headwinds in 2025, the global market enters 2026 on an uncertain footing"

"Stability persists amid elevated borrowing costs and economic uncertainty"

"Across global markets, there are additional costs for purchasing, holding and selling property"

"Prime residential prices remained resilient in the first half of 2025, recording positive price growth of 0.7%"

"Rents continue to outpace capital value growth, increasing by 2% in the first half of 2025 as people turn to rental markets in the face of increasing uncertainty."

"When purchasing a prime residential property, it isn’t just the listing price that buyers need to consider."

"Despite the economic turbulence of recent years, prime residential markets have proved remarkably resilient."