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Fleet Mortgages published its Q2 2026 Rental Barometer on 2 July. The headline figure is 7.8% average gross yield across England and Wales, up 0.3 percentage points year on year.
Read articleNationwide published its June 2026 House Price Index on 1 July. UK annual growth came in at 2.2%, up from 1.7% in May, with monthly prices flat. The headline is fine.
Read articleZoopla published its June 2026 Rental Market Report this week. The national headline is positive: UK average new let rent at £1,321 per month, up 2.1% year on year.
Read articleThe government's 1.5 million new homes target gets repeated so often that most people have stopped checking the delivery numbers against it.
Read articleSavills published a revised house price forecast on 1 June. The headline: UK house prices down 2% for 2026, a full four-point reversal from the +2% they were projecting in January.
Read articleNationwide published its May 2026 House Price Index on 4 June. UK house prices fell 0.6% month on month, seasonally adjusted. The annual rate is still positive at 1.7%, but softer than readings from earlier in the year.
Read articleAround 220,000 rental homes are leaving the private rented sector in England this year. That is Pepper Money's April 2026 projection: roughly 5% of all PRS stock removed in a single year.
Read articleRightmove published their May 2026 House Price Index on 18 May. The national headline is a 1.2% monthly rise to an average asking price of £378,304. Decent enough.
Read articleFleet Mortgages published their Q1 2026 Rental Barometer on 19 May. UK average gross yield: 8.1%, up from 7.4% twelve months ago. Six regions in England and Wales are above 8%. The North East is at 9.8%.
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