The 5 facts hitting the housing market hardest in the last 7 days.
5FF 10 July 2026
Rents spike immediately after renters rights act
https://blog.goodlord.co/rents-bounce-back-but-year-on-year-inflation-remains-at-ten-month-low-goodlord-1
Fabian Society pushes for taxpayer funded interest free loans for new homes buyers, a disastrous idea.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/andy-burnham-housing-fabian-society-37390284.amp
Agency reports 260,000 transactions could be unlocked by shortening transaction times
https://www.estateagenttoday.co.uk/breaking-news/2026/07/faster-home-sales-would-create-260000-new-sellers-within-a-year-claim/
Lloyds replaces Halifax as the Grand Guffmeisters on ‘house prices’, claiming they have risen. No, they really haven’t, Lloyds.
https://propertysoup.co.uk/house-prices-rise-for-first-time-in-four-months/
RICS says no sign of market turnaround yet as weakness continues, in more bad news for sellers
https://www.rics.org/content/dam/ricsglobal/documents/market-surveys/UK-Residential-Market-Survey-June-2026.pdf
Iran ceasefire may be over. If so, expect oil, interest rates and inflation to pick up again. All v bad news.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-09/us-iran-trade-attacks-for-second-day-testing-fragile-ceasefire
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