The five facts hitting the property market hardest in the last seven days.
- Mansion Tax hits hard for people who have invested life savings into home improvements https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/property/house-prices/poured-money-into-my-house-mansion-tax/
- After a long slow trickle down, fixed rate mortgages now cheapest in over 3 years. https://thenegotiator.co.uk/news/uk-housing-market-news/fixed-rate-mortgages-now-cheapest-in-over-three-years/
- Barclays reports biggest cut in consumer spending since the pandemic, signaling fears around job security https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/09/uk-households-cut-spending-fastest-pace-barclays
- Zoopla rental report shows market slowing significantly on a national basis, but rents still unaffordable where they’re most needed. https://business.zoopla.co.uk/rental-market-report
- RICS final monthly survey of 2025 downbeat for prices and activity https://www.rics.org/content/dam/ricsglobal/documents/market-surveys/uk-residential-market-survey/UK-Residential-Market-Survey-November-2025.pdf
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