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More houses on the market than in 8 years: How might the general election affect the housing market in the UK?
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13/06/2024
How might the UK’s general election affect the housing market?
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Well, I think given the short run into the general election, in general, general elections
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don't affect activity in the housing market, but we've already seen indicators that transactions
00:12
are being deferred and that activity is actually slowing down pending the outcome of the election.
00:19
But I expect that this to be, I'll call it a short pause while the outcome is decided.
00:27
Richard Donnell, Executive Director of Research at Zoopla, said there is a record high supply
00:32
of homes for sale which shows renewed confidence among sellers, many of whom are also buyers.
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He added the general election is likely to dampen the number of sales agreed in the run-up
00:42
to summer.
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Is it a good time to buy? If you can afford it, it's always a good time to buy in my view.
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But it's affordability that is the key thing. I know from talking to my own staff at
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many of whom are in the under 30 or around 30 category looking to buy their first home.
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Many of them are saying, well, you know, I can buy it, but what happens if interest rates
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don't come down? What happens? You know, can they afford the monthly repayments? That is
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the key factor. I mean, provided you don't believe the outcome of the election will affect
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your employment prospects in the medium term. That's the main problem.
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You know, it's a terribly traumatic thing to take on a fixed commitment like that and
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suddenly find that, you know, quote, your salary has gone away or one of the earners
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has lost their job or because of an economic recession. So the key question for any first
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time buyer, indeed any buyer, is will the outcome of the election trigger an economic
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recession? Against that background, of course, we've seen zero growth in GDP in the last
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30 days against a fractional growth in the month before.
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