The 5 facts hitting the housing market hardest in the last 7 days.
7FF 1 May 2026
Markets price in three rate hikes this year
https://www.perplexity.ai/page/boe-rate-hike-bets-surge-after-NRXA0PzjQWSb9Wf..BR9.Q
BoE warns of stock market crash
https://www.perplexity.ai/page/boe-deputy-governor-warns-stoc-tKq72gY0TcWvAeYWGyOcdA
Barclays warns markets have underpriced war risk
https://www.perplexity.ai/page/barclays-warns-investors-under-12V.GfM1SS2y_rgwIUthWQ
Food inflation to hit 7%
https://www.perplexity.ai/page/uk-firms-warn-boe-food-inflati-0L0Bg0tfQRGXR18Ua7Yvag
Reeves mulls rent freeze on entire private sector then U-turns
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/27/rachel-reeves-considering-rent-freeze-to-limit-iran-war-fallout
ONS forecasts population growth to just 170,000 a year for next 10 years, revealing the real reason housebuilders have stopped building.
https://x.com/ons/status/2049043671752806476?s=46
Bank of England report threatens 6 rate rises this year under the worst case scenario, and sees flailing economy and spiking inflation
https://x.com/steven_swinford/status/2049817631608222123?s=46
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