The 5 facts hitting the housing market hardest in the last 7 days.
- Shadow bank mortgage lender collapse unloads hundreds of luxury flats onto prime London market
https://www.cityam.com/shadow-bank-collapse-floods-london-with-hundreds-of-luxury-properties/ - Bank of England making “liquidity improvement” suggestions in face of private credit crisis https://www.perplexity.ai/page/boe-proposes-liquidity-overhau-UfpWIPYKRzuLLAf6ZQh1zg
- Wage growth slows to weakest in 5 years, turning negative for private sector. Private sector workers wage growth now +3.3%, making real wage growth negative -0.1%. https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/averageweeklyearningsingreatbritain/march2026
- Bank of England base rate forecast for a year from now, climbs 1% higher since Iran war outbreak. https://x.com/moving_charlie/status/2034618964748239304?s=20
- Landlords forced to slash rents, reports This is Money (Daily Mail) https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/buytolet/article-15632947/Landlords-forced-slash-rents-enquiries-dry-tenants-gone.html
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