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The five facts hitting the UK housing market hardest in the last 7 days. Bank of England Mortgage Approvals drop back downhttps://www.bankofengland.co.uk/boeapps/database/fromshowcolumns.asp?Travel=NIxSUx&FromSeries=1&ToSeries=50&DAT=RNG&FD=1&FM=Jan&FY=2020&TD=2&TM=Jun&TY=2025&FNY=&CSVF=TT&html.x=187&html.y=29&C=10Z&Filter=N Half of landlords to raise rents in advance of Renters Rights Billhttps://thenegotiator.co.uk/news/rental-market/nearly-half-of-landlords-to-raise-rent-ahead-of-renters-rights-bill/ Labour’s Stamp Duty increase Causes biggest drop in transactions on record.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-04/labour-taxes-ice-london-s-housing-market Leasehold reform to be delayed further?Commons debate offers little progress… Continue reading 5 Fact Friday – 6 June 2025

The five facts hitting the UK housing market hardest in the last 7 days. IFA magazine cites major housing crisis indicators worsening https://ifamagazine.com/10-years-on-britains-housing-crisis-deepens-leasehold-and-stamp-duty-concerns-soar-and-aspiration-to-own-hits-rock-bottom/ Small housebuilders to get big planning boost https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-27/uk-to-cut-planning-hurdles-for-small-builders-in-housing-push https://thenegotiator.co.uk/news/regulation-law-news/angela-rayner-pledges-to-level-the-playing-field-for-smaller-house-builders/Average home selling for 16k less than asking https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/may/28/uk-homeowners-selling-less-asking-price-survey-zooplaZoopla House Price Index https://www.zoopla.co.uk/discover/property-news/house-price-index/Prize winning overvaluing by Foxtons https://www.foxtons.co.uk/properties-for-sale/se8/mwhl0340958 Treasury publishes mortgage guarantee scheme stats… Continue reading 5 Fact Friday – 30 May 2025

The five facts hitting the UK housing market hardest in the last 7 days. Bank of England warns no more rate cutshttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/interest-rates-rise-inflation-bank-of-england-b2754327.html Rightmove indicates weakening asking priceshttps://www.rightmove.co.uk/news/content/uploads/2025/05/Rightmove-HPI-19th-May-Final-No-Embargo.pdf 27% rise in complaints against agentshttps://thenegotiator.co.uk/news/regulation-law-news/significant-rise-in-complaints-about-estate-agents-revealed/ Inflation rises due to energy cost increaseshttps://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/consumerpriceinflation/april2025 Government borrowing overshoots againhttps://x.com/moving_charlie/status/1925449993231413308?s=46 Net migration drops 50%https://x.com/ons/status/1925469548678975580?s=46Stock surge causes increase in price reductionshttps://www.propertyinvestortoday.co.uk/breaking-news/2025/05/price-reductions-increase-as-housing-market-suffers-supply-surge/