The five facts hitting the property market hardest in the last 7 days.
- More than 30% of homes for sale in London are landlords selling up. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/richard-donnell_btl-landlords-investing-activity-7400821036545626113-du8P
- BBC QT panelist calls out the housing market problem and calls for social housebuilding https://x.com/soniasodha/status/1995802383150940484?s=46
- Bank of England forced to ease banking restrictions to try and prop up economy with more bank lending https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/02/boe-capital-rules-banks-growth-bank-of-england-stress-tests
- Steepest downturn in UK construction on record so far, excluding pandemic. https://www.pmi.spglobal.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/52b275735e86497fa939b995db8961da
- Bloomberg’s John Stepek is talking about house prices again and thinks they might go up in 2026. Meh. Maybe slightly at the FTB level outside London, but other than that I think it’s a stretch given the increasing tax burden and worsening employment outlook https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-12-04/money-distilled-no-respite-for-uk-home-buyers-as-affordability-remains-a-mirage
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