The five facts hitting the UK housing market in the last seven days.
- Media parrots “record house prices” guff from Halifax.
https://x.com/moving_charlie/status/1963899295725211673 - Budget Property Tax Measures likely to include scrapping Stamp Duty below £500,000 and a new annual tax above £500,000. https://www.ukonward.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Onward-A-Fairer-Property-Tax.pdf
- Rayner the Blamer resigns as Housing Secretary, replaced by Steve Reed https://x.com/moving_charlie/status/1963927903164592466 https://thenegotiator.co.uk/news/uk-housing-market-news/new-housing-secretary-to-build-baby-build-but-who-is-he/
- Reeves’ teases puts Housing Market on standby until after budget https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/property/house-prices/property-market-on-life-support-as-labour-stokes-tax-fears/
- RICS August Survey shows housing market grinding to a halt and rental supply at lowest levels in years https://www.rics.org/content/dam/ricsglobal/documents/market-surveys/uk-residential-market-survey/8_WEB_August_2025_RICS_UK_Residential_Market_Survey_tp.pdf
- Bonus, delayed fact: Keir Starmer has already abandoned the 1.5m homes target, calling it “too ambitious” https://www.housingtoday.co.uk/news/starmer-defends-too-ambitious-15m-homes-target/5133186.article
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