The 5 facts hitting the housing market hardest in the last 7 days.
Remember: If you’ve recently rented, bought or sold a home, please report your price to the BestAgent Public House Price Index.
5FF 13th November 2026
1. Telegraph calls out ONS for overstating house prices
Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/property/house-prices/ons-house-prices-revisions/
2. Zoopla reports catastrophic 27% drop in FTB demand, the underlying cause of the market activity slowdown and the reason selling is harder than ever, as FTB activity underpins the whole market.
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/money/zoopla-b3084240.html
3. RICS November housing market outlook bleakest for 3 years
Source: https://www.rics.org/news-insights/market-surveys/uk-residential-market-survey
4. UK 2 and 5 year Gilt Yield charts show why the housing market is grinding to a halt
Source: https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/5-year-note-yield
5. USA higher than expected inflation print spells yet more misery for UK mortgage and housing markets
From BestAgent
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My quotes in the media this week
The Telegraph — Why house prices are much bleaker than the ONS has you think, 11 Nov
“Home-movers and estate agents accept the ONS’s report without question. But it’s problematic because they see house prices going up by X per cent, and then wonder why their house isn’t selling.”
Property Soup — First-time buyers are paying for London’s affordable housing, 11 Nov
“It shows we’ve outsourced it to private developers and loaded the cost onto first-time buyers.”
This week’s livestreams
House Price Crash called even before Bank of England forecasts 5% inflation to return. Last week’s 5FF. — Fri 6 Nov
Live Q&A: Pricing Paranoia Paralysing Property – Sellers Special — Mon 9 Nov
Price Paranoia: Using public data to find market price. Live Q&A — Wed 11 Nov
Most-viewed this week
X: Slowly but surely, reality dawns (31,620 views)
TikTok: Rightmove finally catches up with reality. Risky thing for him to say while cranking up his charges to agents 15% every year. Ouch! (840 views)
Instagram: Rightmove finally catches up with reality. Risky thing for him to say while cranking up his charges to agents 15% every year. Ouch! (1,145 views)
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