The five facts hitting the housing market hardest in the last seven days.
No 5 Fact Friday video this week due to a family funeral. But there’s still plenty to get your teeth into here. A lot of news this week!
1. Zoopla House Price Index shows low end price falls in last 3 months, in addition to high end prices falling year on year.
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/discover/property-news/house-price-index/
https://assets.ctfassets.net/02vwvgr6spsr/1Tdp6H6MvjpVtbzoo2erEt/f1150fdc8d355e35166f8e88a9498d12/UK_House_Price_Index_June25_final_ZP.pdf
The key takeaway here is that new property listings are growing three times faster than new buyer enquiries. This is a leading indicator of the overall market tilting more in buyers favour, although with multiple exceptions based on region, property type and budget level. It’s worth taking a deeper dive, take a look, and check out my full video on this here:
2. May 2025 transaction volumes drop 13% on 2024.
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/monthly-property-transactions-completed-in-the-uk-with-value-40000-or-above/uk-monthly-property-transactions-commentary–2

It’s important to note the dramatic effect of the Stamp Duty increase on transaction volumes, causing a rush before the deadline, and a drop straight after. But taking that into account, these are disappointing numbers for the overall health of the market.
3. Household disposable income falls largest amount since 2023.
Important lead indicator of what’s happening to people’s budgets as the tax increases bite. This will be another downward pressure on house prices, if the trend continues.
4. Nationwide reports fastest house price falls since 2022 as they drop -0.8% in June
https://www.nationwidehousepriceindex.co.uk/reports/annual-house-price-growth-softens-in-june
After Rightmove and the ONS both reported falling prices in June, now Nationwide joins in. This got crazy headlines, which was weird because when the ONS released a -2.8% drop a week earlier, no one noticed. Here’s my video on that:
5. Rayner’s plan to build 180,000 social homes in next decade doesn’t touch the sides of the problem
https://ground.news/article/rayner-to-back-plan-to-build-180-000-social-homes-in-next-decade
In the 1950s, the UK government was building more social homes than this EVERY YEAR. This is a platitude that doesn’t touch the sides.
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