Post-election property dip on the horizon

Research by Birmingham City University has analysed past UK elections and how the way we vote has affected house prices since 1960. The academics found that prices rose by 5.36% on average in the year before an election, compared with 1.8% in the 12 months after it, irrespective of who was voted in or out. This could be because politicians introduce positive housing and economic policies in the lead-up to an election, or it might be because they call elections when the economy, and therefore house-price growth, is strong, they suggested.

The Sunday Times (08/12/2019)