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🏠 UK Property Pulse — Edition 9Thursday 7 May 2026 | Your weekly briefing on the UK property market

🏠 UK Property Pulse — Edition 9Thursday 7 May 2026 | Your weekly briefing on the UK property market

📌 THIS WEEK IN BRIEFThree things you need to know this week:1. The 30-year gilt yield hit 5.78% on Tuesday it's highest level since 1998. The bond market is sending the clearest warning signal yet about the UK's economic position.2. A US-Iran peace deal may be days away. The White House is reportedly close to a memorandum of understanding with Tehran but no agreement is finalised and mortgage rates remain elevated.3. UK unemployment has risen to 4.9% up from 4.4% a year ago and youth unemployment has hit 16%. The labour market deterioration is now feeding directly into buyer confidence.

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May 7, 2026


🏠 UK Property Pulse — Edition 8Thursday 30 April 2026 | Your weekly briefing on the UK property market

🏠 UK Property Pulse — Edition 8Thursday 30 April 2026 | Your weekly briefing on the UK property market

📌 THIS WEEK IN BRIEFThree things you need to know this week:1) The Bank of England announced its interest rate decision today at noon — a hold at 3.75% was widely expected. The vote split and the language from Governor Bailey are the real signals for the mortgage market.2) The Renters' Rights Act comes into force tomorrow, 1 May 2026. Section 21 "no fault" evictions are abolished from today. Every landlord in England is affected.3) Zoopla's April HPI: UK average house price £271,500, up 1.3% annually. Every city with growth above 3% is in the North. Every city recording price falls is in southern England.

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Apr 30, 2026

🏠 UK Property Pulse — Edition 7Thursday 23 April 2026 | Your weekly briefing on the UK property market

🏠 UK Property Pulse — Edition 7Thursday 23 April 2026 | Your weekly briefing on the UK property market

📌 THIS WEEK IN BRIEFThree things you need to know this week:1. Inflation jumped to 3.3% in March the first full month of Iran war data driven by the largest rise in petrol and diesel prices in over three years. The BoE decision is next Thursday.2. Land Registry: UK house prices up just 1.2% annually to £267,957 in February the last pre-war snapshot. London down 3.3%. Yorkshire & Humber leads at +3.9%.3. Rightmove: April asking prices up 0.8% to £373,971, but sales agreed are just 3% below last year the market is slowing, not stalling.

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Apr 23, 2026

🏠 UK Property Pulse — Edition 6Thursday 16 April 2026 | Your weekly briefing on the UK property market

🏠 UK Property Pulse — Edition 6Thursday 16 April 2026 | Your weekly briefing on the UK property market

📌 THIS WEEK IN BRIEFThree things you need to know this week:The ceasefire is holding — but gilt yields have rebounded to 4.77% and mortgage rates have barely moved. The 2-year fix sits at 5.84%, down just 0.06% from its peak.UK mortgage defaults hit 6.2% in Q1 2026 — the highest in years — as rate rises squeeze homeowners coming off fixed deals.The 30 April Bank of England decision is now two weeks away. Markets price one hike. The Land Registry February HPI drops on 22 April — the first data capturing the Iran shock.

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Apr 16, 2026

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