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The 5 facts hitting the housing market hardest in the last 7 days. 5FF 10 July 2026 Rents spike immediately after renters rights acthttps://blog.goodlord.co/rents-bounce-back-but-year-on-year-inflation-remains-at-ten-month-low-goodlord-1 Fabian Society pushes for taxpayer funded interest free loans for new homes buyers, a disastrous idea.https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/andy-burnham-housing-fabian-society-37390284.amp Agency reports 260,000 transactions could be unlocked by shortening transaction timeshttps://www.estateagenttoday.co.uk/breaking-news/2026/07/faster-home-sales-would-create-260000-new-sellers-within-a-year-claim/ Lloyds replaces Halifax as… Continue reading 5 Fact Friday – 10th July 2026

The 5 facts hitting the housing market hardest in the last 7 days. 5FF 3rd July 2026 Early general election highly likely says Cabinet Secretary, casting further uncertainty for housinghttps://www.perplexity.ai/page/former-cabinet-secretary-says-lj1NZmMmSUSQsfiGtzEBdA Government planning to take over social housebuildinghttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/27/uk-minister-plans-for-state-owned-housing-developer-exclusive Mortgage lending tumbles another 15% in one month as the housing market screeches into go-slowProperty market stumbles as… Continue reading 5 Fact Friday – 3rd July 2026

The 5 facts hitting the housing market hardest in the last 7 days. 5FF 26 June 2026 Gov announces changes to home buying process but they’re a long way off if they ever even happen and they’re a bad idea that will have the opposite of the intended effecthttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/homebuying-shake-up-to-slash-delays-cut-costs-and-stop-sales-falling-through Good news! Oil prices fall back… Continue reading 5 Fact Friday – 26th June 2026

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The 5 facts hitting the housing market hardest in the last 7 days. 5FF 29 May 2026 58% of deals falling throughhttps://www.perplexity.ai/page/uk-house-sale-collapses-cost-e-0nbJ32RkQhaLRh77QHSCMw London Agents admit asking prices up to 27% too highhttps://www.estateagenttoday.co.uk/breaking-news/2026/05/asking-prices-as-much-as-27-above-sale-price-trends-admits-agent/ House builder Barratt Redrow CEO says a whole generation is being left behind from home ownership and FTB conditions are as bad as… Continue reading 5 Fact Friday – 29th May 2026

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… Continue reading 5 Fact Friday – 22nd May 2026

The 5 facts hitting the housing market hardest in the last 7 days. 5FF 15 May 2026 1. Worst Case Scenario realised as Labour lurches into long period of leadership uncertainty, causing rates to rise. Andy Burnham throws his hat into the ring.https://x.com/moving_charlie/status/2054995777827586547?s=20 2. Tories call for Stamp Duty to be scrappedhttps://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-15801309/amp/Stamp-duty-abolished-bunging-housing-market-says-Shadow-Chancellor-Mel-Stride.html 3. Off-plan new… Continue reading 5 Fact Friday – 15th May 2026

The 5 facts hitting the housing market hardest in the last 7 days. 5FF 8 May 2026 Lenders call BS on Nationwide price index.https://x.com/moving_charlie/status/2051567967003902177?s=46 30 year gilts yields highest since 1998https://x.com/moving_charlie/status/2052044952964628975?s=46 Bank of England doubts credibility of ONS GDP figures, says its sending false signals, complicating interest rate settinghttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-07/the-bank-of-england-joins-those-who-doubt-uk-growth-figures 50-60% chance of Hormuz Straits reopening… Continue reading 5 Fact Friday – 8th May 2026

The 5 facts hitting the housing market hardest in the last 7 days. 7FF 1 May 2026 Markets price in three rate hikes this yearhttps://www.perplexity.ai/page/boe-rate-hike-bets-surge-after-NRXA0PzjQWSb9Wf..BR9.Q BoE warns of stock market crashhttps://www.perplexity.ai/page/boe-deputy-governor-warns-stoc-tKq72gY0TcWvAeYWGyOcdA Barclays warns markets have underpriced war riskhttps://www.perplexity.ai/page/barclays-warns-investors-under-12V.GfM1SS2y_rgwIUthWQ Food inflation to hit 7%https://www.perplexity.ai/page/uk-firms-warn-boe-food-inflati-0L0Bg0tfQRGXR18Ua7Yvag Reeves mulls rent freeze on entire private sector then U-turnshttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/27/rachel-reeves-considering-rent-freeze-to-limit-iran-war-fallout ONS forecasts… Continue reading 7 Fact Friday – 1st May 2026

The 5 facts hitting the housing market hardest in the last 7 days. 5FF 24th April 2026 Everyone misses the story that Rightmove April asking prices fall -0.9% on last year.https://www.rightmove.co.uk/news/content/uploads/2026/04/Rightmove-HPI-20-April-Final.pdf ONS misleads on house prices again, claims prices up 1.2%, I use their own data to explain clearly that there was no increase:https://www.youtube.com/live/qp8EMlPwsvQ?si=gsU1H8YMggiOF5VE&t=1481 Inflation… Continue reading 5 Fact Friday – 24th April 2026