5FF – Fri 27th October 2023

1 UK’s biggest wealth manager blocks clients from withdrawing money from their £1bn property fund.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/st-james-place-blocks-clients-pulling-money-major-property/

https://archive.ph/Po6I4

2 Almost half of the 1,200 people surveyed incorrectly think Interest Rates correlate more strongly with house prices than anything else 

https://x.com/moving_charlie/status/1717178983110832254?s=20

https://x.com/moving_charlie/status/1717541641727115671?s=20

3 Lloyds/Halifax predicts house prices will fall until 2025

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-12673173/House-prices-fall-2025-says-Lloyds-rates-peaked.html

4 Foxtons reports 23% fall in Q3 sales volumes (London). 

https://www.sharecast.com/news/news-and-announcements/foxtons-sees-fall-in-property-sales–15089214.html

5 Survey Suggests UK Landlords Set to Sell Out at Triple 2021 Pace 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-27/uk-rental-property-survey-of-landlords-shows-more-plan-to-sell-after-costs-jump