5 Fact Friday – 3 October 2025

The five facts hitting the housing market hardest in the last seven days.

  1. Zoopla House Price index shows sliced and diced market with a North South divide both geographically and numerically (price band). https://assets.ctfassets.net/02vwvgr6spsr/39JKPhyy2adj2lIL4Rvozn/4dbcbcd89fcd9cf0eb96bfab59851dee/UK_House_Price_Index_Sep25_ZP.pdf
  2. IoD – business confidence at new record low. Remind me why people think waiting to sell is a good idea?  https://www.iod.com/news/uk-economy/iod-press-release-business-confidence-falls-to-new-record-low
  3. FT warns the government – careful what you do with property taxes. It could take a generation to unpick the mess we’re in.  https://www.ft.com/content/e587fec2-3a3a-4d2b-8dc8-2cd765ec28ce
  4. Nationwide Gaslights Shamelessly on ‘economic recovery’ – what?? https://www.nationwide.co.uk/media/hpi/reports/annual-house-price-growth-steady-in-september-1
  5. UK PMI Business Growth index now negative for 12 months straight https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/manufacturing-pmi
  6. HMRC Transaction August Transaction Volumes show slight 1% contraction over 2024 (completion prices still withheld) https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/monthly-property-transactions-completed-in-the-uk-with-value-40000-or-above/uk-monthly-property-transactions-commentary–2

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