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As we approach the end of an eventful 2017, we look ahead at the UK property market. What do leading experts think the New Year, and the short to mid-term future, will bring?

As expected, the landscape post-Brexit features strongly. There is general agreement that growth in central London real estate prices will slow, with the outer boroughs and several regions faring better. Rises in mortgage interest rates, however gradual, will also be an important factor looking a little further into the future.

Joanne Cox joined Gateway Property Management at the end of September and is already making her mark. The former Managing Director brings over two decades of broad property expertise to the business, encompassing everything from credit control to build-to-rent projects and managing large portfolios for the likes of major banks and supermarkets, as well as a government body and local authority. At Gateway Property Management, Joanne’s role is to further enhance the company’s processes, enabling even greater growth as the portfolio expands.

The apartments at Merton Abbey Mills are located at one of London’s oldest heritage sites, and include a Grade II Listed medieval building and Victorian waterwheel. The flats are of an extremely high standard, but one issue was bothering both ourselves, as property managers, and the apartment owners: the outdated communal lighting. The innovative solution with specialists Future Lighting will save residents thousands of pounds.