The five facts hitting the housing market hardest in the last seven days.
- Government exploits house moving pain to score more popularity points and claims it knows how to fix the market. Spoiler: this doesn’t solve any problems. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/families-to-save-hundreds-of-pounds-in-major-homebuying-overhaul
- Only 12% of tenants think their landlord is bad, with over 50% saying they’re good.
3. Eased lending criteria hurts affordability in the poorest region https://www.linkedin.com/posts/richard-donnell_ftb-housing-mortgages-activity-7381957849100476416-Mvvj
4. RICS shows market activity remains subdued. RICS guy warns: “The housing market continues to struggle for momentum, with seemingly no clear catalyst on the horizon to spark a turnaround over the near-term. “Buyer demand remains subdued, while agreed sales are still on a downward trend, reflecting a broader hesitancy in the market,” he says. DON’T WAIT TO SELL. https://www.rics.org/content/dam/ricsglobal/documents/market-surveys/uk-residential-market-survey/Residential-Market-Survey-September-2025.pdf
5. Tories pledge to abolish Stamp Duty on all primary residence transactions, sparking national debate, showing how little people understand the economic dynamics of the housing market. Many people incorrectly assume that scrapping Stamp Duty means less money for the government. It doesn’t, but it comes from multiple different sources on the back of increased moving activity https://www.conservatives.com/news/kemi-badenoch-closes-conference
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