The five facts hitting the housing market hardest in the last 7 days.
- Outbreak of war shatters delicate UK housing market outlook as swap rates and yields rise, bad news for buyers and sellers alike.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-05/uk-mortgages-about-to-get-pricier-as-swap-rates-rise-on-iran-war - Blair warns wage hikes hurting growth https://www.perplexity.ai/page/tony-blair-institute-warns-uk-qaG1RuDLRQ.EcNXazkWHlA
- New mortgage approvals collapse 42% in January from July 2025 peak, down 12% on last year. https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/boeapps/database/fromshowcolumns.asp?Travel=NIxSUx&FromSeries=1&ToSeries=50&DAT=RNG&FD=1&FM=Jan&FY=2025&TD=31&TM=Dec&TY=2026&FNY=&CSVF=TT&html.x=120&html.y=34&C=10Z&Filter=N
- Financial Times joins me in calling for Stamp Duty to be scrapped. (Better late than never!) https://www.ft.com/content/62ad9e2a-d4c8-40e9-af9c-9ab1ec891d74
- ONS data shows year on year house price growth is neither up nor down. It’s both. https://x.com/moving_charlie/status/2028928674414698715?s=46
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