Charlie's 5 Fact Friday Newsletter

The five facts hitting housing hardest in the last 7 days - 1 August 2025

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Charlie Lamdin
August 01, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes

5 Fact Friday

The latest insider intel on UK housing market from Charlie Lamdin

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This week’s top 5 housing market facts:

  1. Agency guff on house prices scaremongering buyers into overpaying. https://thenegotiator.co.uk/news/uk-housing-market-news/affordability-ever-more-overstretched-for-homebuyers-says-agency/

  2. Official data shows corporate agents least likely to sell your home, owner managed independents most likely. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/christopherwatkin_i-analysed-the-top-50-estate-agents-by-total-activity-7355976706324602881-vfpr

  3. Zoopla slashes 2025 House Price growth forecast in half, joining Savills and Rightmove in cutting forecasts. https://assets.ctfassets.net/02vwvgr6spsr/I0rANSJdgYmKfIIdqKMMz/db5db5a09bb9de6dab31e7bcb0cd3cf1/UK_House_Price_Index_Jul25_-_ZP.pdf

  4. Leaseholds finally ending? Housing Minister commits to ‘ending feudal leaseholds’ and converting to common hold ‘in this parliament’. His uncomfortable body language and facial expression tells a different story.

  1. New build housing starts for Q2 slightly up, but less than half government target, spelling disaster for Labour.
    https://www.nhbc.co.uk/insights-and-media/news/a-rise-in-new-home-registrations-in-q2-reports-nhbc

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