The 5 facts hitting the housing market hardest in the last 7 days.
5FF 22 May 2026
Burnham announced massive social housebuilding programme. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/andy-burnham-unveils-new-path-37165825#
The cost of not building social homes.
https://x.com/sdphq/status/2056379128236900537?s=46
Another 28,000 payroll jobs lost. Wage growth falling below inflation. Youth unemployment at 11 year high. Labour’s destruction of prosperity continues.
https://x.com/moving_charlie/status/2056638099476615414?s=46
ONS reports year on year fall in average house prices in England, with regional falls bigger in the south. This is before their downward revision so the falls in real life will be greater.
https://www.ons.gov.uk/releases/privaterentandhousepricesukmay2026
Propertymark confirms 90% of agents don’t sell for asking price and are pricing 22% too high.
https://x.com/moving_charlie/status/2057161789092040880?s=20
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