The five facts hitting the housing market hardest in the last seven days.
- Telegraph shows extensive data supporting coming house value slide
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/f0e08f86dd9d6cb9 - Zoopla glosses over lacklustre market with flat prices falling, demand 10% down on last year, and London supply up 14% https://assets.ctfassets.net/02vwvgr6spsr/1eDTZHeKo43ch4fFSTEi98/d0ab2b99a94839a80f2c7f04d9518861/Zoopla-House-Price-Index-January-2026.pdf
- Home Builders Federation shills for more government money to prop up flailing sales, but there are compelling reasons it shouldn’t ever happen again. If they want government money, they should build social homes that the government pays for and owns. https://x.com/moving_charlie/status/2016443171216003572?s=20
- Government spins £250 Ground Rent Cap as delivering leasehold reform, before it is delivered. But if they do deliver it in 2028, it’s big news, although it’s too much for freeholders and not enough for leaseholders https://x.com/moving_charlie/status/2016441120918495388?s=20
- Government gives Landlords small reprieve, cuts landlord spending cap and pushes 2028 deadline to 2030, easing the cliff edge that was looming on rental supply https://www.nrla.org.uk/news/epc-c-government-cuts-landlord-spending-cap
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