About this episode

The episode discusses the current real estate market, focusing on interest rates and house prices in the UK.

Property continues to dominate the headlines, as speculation over stamp duty reform and news of recent high-profile activity grabs investor attention. In this week’s podcast, Stephen Moroukian, our real estate financing specialist, joins Julien Lafargue, our Chief Market Strategist, to discuss the interest rate environment, amid sticky inflation and volatile energy prices, and consider what’s in store for house prices in prime central London and across the rest of the UK.

People in this episode

Host: Julien Lafargue

Guest: Stephen Moroukian

Topics covered

• real estate
• interest rates
• inflation
• house prices
• UK market

Keywords

• real estate
• interest rates
• inflation
• house prices
• UK market
• stamp duty reform
• energy prices

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Barclays Private Bank

Places: UK, prime central London

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