UK Housing Market Rapid Response UK Halifax House Prices (May 2025) The fall back in house prices on the Halifax measure in May increases the chances that more of the recent soft patch in the housing market is due to the subdued economy than the temporary effects of... 6th June 2025 · 3 mins read
UK Commercial Property Rapid Response S&P Global/ CIPS UK Construction PMI (May 25) The headline CIPS construction PMI rose for the third consecutive month in May, although the rise from 46.6 to 47.9 still suggests that construction activity is contracting. Within the headline figure... 5th June 2025 · 1 min read
UK Economics Rapid Response UK Money & Lending (Apr. 2025) April’s money and lending figures provided little indication that the US trade war and the deteriorating jobs market prevented consumers’ willingness to borrow and spend from rising. This supports our... 2nd June 2025 · 3 mins read
UK Housing Market Rapid Response UK Nationwide House Prices (May 2025) May’s 0.5% m/m increase in Nationwide house prices adds to the evidence that the recent soft patch for the housing market was a temporary blip rather than a longer-lasting downturn as a result of the... 2nd June 2025 · 3 mins read
UK Housing Market Rapid Response UK Halifax House Prices (Apr. 2025) The 0.3% m/m rise in Halifax house prices (consensus forecast -0.1% m/m, CE 0.0% m/m) provides tentative evidence that the falls in house prices are already in the past. That lends some support to our... 8th May 2025 · 3 mins read
UK Commercial Property Rapid Response S&P Global/ CIPS Construction PMI (Apr. 25) The headline CIPS construction PMI edged up to 46.6 in April, from 46.4 in March. That left the balance below 50 and consistent with a contracting construction sector. 7th May 2025 · 1 min read
UK Economics Rapid Response UK Money & Lending (Mar. 2025) March’s money and lending data suggest households were starting to spend more cautiously even before the full hit to consumer confidence from the heightened uncertainty caused by the new US tariffs... 1st May 2025 · 3 mins read
UK Housing Market Rapid Response UK Nationwide House Prices (Apr. 2025) April’s bigger-than-expected 0.6% m/m fall in Nationwide house prices (consensus forecast 0.0% m/m, Capital Economics -0.1% m/m) isn’t too surprising as most of it probably reflects home purchases... 30th April 2025 · 3 mins read
UK Housing Market Rapid Response UK Halifax House Prices (Mar. 2025) The 0.5% m/m fall in Halifax house prices in March provides further evidence that the boost from buyers rushing to complete home purchases before the rise in stamp duty on 1 st April had already run... 7th April 2025 · 3 mins read
UK Commercial Property Rapid Response S&P Global/ CIPS UK Construction PMI (Mar. 25) The headline CIPS construction PMI saw a small rise in March to 46.4, from 44.6 in February. But that still left the balance below 50 and consistent with a contracting construction sector. 4th April 2025 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Rapid Response UK Nationwide House Prices (Mar. 2025) The stagnation in Nationwide house prices in March suggests any boost from buyers rushing to complete home purchases ahead of the rise in stamp duty from today may have run its course and/or been... 1st April 2025 · 3 mins read
UK Economics Rapid Response UK Money & Lending (Feb. 2025) February’s money and lending figures provide some green shoots of households starting to save less and spend a little more freely. But one month doesn’t make a trend and GDP growth will probably... 31st March 2025 · 3 mins read
UK Housing Market Rapid Response UK Halifax House Prices (Feb. 2025) The small 0.1% m/m fall in Halifax house prices in February is at odds with the 0.4% m/m rise in the Nationwide measure and suggests the recent rise in mortgage rates and/or the weakness in the wider... 7th March 2025 · 3 mins read
UK Commercial Property Rapid Response S&P Global/ CIPS UK Construction PMI (Feb. 25) The headline CIPS construction PMI dropped to 44.6 in February, from 48.1 in January, which was the lowest reading since May 2020. 6th March 2025 · 1 min read
UK Economics Rapid Response UK Money & Lending (Jan. 2025) The stagnating economy is partly because households appear to be continuing to save rather than spend, which is unlikely to change over the next six months with the sharp deterioration in the outlook... 3rd March 2025 · 3 mins read
UK Housing Market Rapid Response UK Nationwide House Prices (Feb. 2025) Some of the bigger-than-expected 0.4% m/m rise in Nationwide house prices in February (consensus and Capital Economics forecast 0.2% m/m), which followed the muted 0.1% m/m rise in January, may... 28th February 2025 · 3 mins read
