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Henry @pryor.co.uk · 6h

Wow! Will rents ever stop going up?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

What do you think about the cost of renting?

What do you think about the cost of renting in Scotland?

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Henry @pryor.co.uk · 15h

Fear of a Mansion Tax is just the latest iceberg the top end of the housing market is navigating. Stamp Duty I would argue has had a much bigger and very real impact on prices and transaction volumes. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

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Henry @pryor.co.uk · 16h

📻Speaking to BBC Hereford & Worcester after 08.30 about the Green Party policy to scrap the Private Rented Sector. Potty or inspired?

Henry @pryor.co.uk · 1d

Can't afford a buying agent? If you want some help to find a new home or to negotiate the best deal then I have three services starting at £1000 + VAT. henrypryor.com/fees/

Henry @pryor.co.uk · 1d

“Being a gnarly old dog, I genuinely think that, with the budget, these things come and go. Yes, it might be a little bit unnerving for younger, more inexperienced buyers, but having been around, I think we’ll survive.” #NotMyQuote (£) www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...

Autumn budget uncertainty is good news for bold homebuyers

The contents of Rachel Reeves’s red box will shape the property market in 2026 and beyond. Until then, there are bargains galore to be had

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Henry @pryor.co.uk · 3d

Week 44 - done!

Henry @pryor.co.uk · 3d

Market snapshot.
According to Nationwide house prices rose slightly last month & according to HMRC transaction volumes rose in September.
Is this true everywhere? No.
Is this true across the market? No.
But are we all f*cked? No.
Some certainly are but most are not.

Henry @pryor.co.uk · 3d

You know how the housing market is supposed to be on it's knees...
"The provisional non-seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of UK residential transactions in September 2025 is 102,420, 8% higher than September 2024 and 2% lower than August 2025" according to HMRC.

Henry @pryor.co.uk · 3d

“Looking forward, housing affordability is likely to improve modestly if income growth continues to outpace house price growth as we expect" says Nationwide. www.nationwide.co.uk/media/hpi/re...

Annual house price growth edges higher in October

Slight increase in annual house price growth to 2.4% House prices were up 0.3% month on month Kitchen and bathroom renovations most popular amongst homeowners in last five years Analysis based on Nati...

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Henry @pryor.co.uk · 3d

Not the first time Martin King has been dragged in front of MP's.. www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk?p=4219

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Matthew Pennycook MP @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social · 3d

This Labour government is committed to strengthening the regulation of managing agents to drive up service standards across the industry.

I have asked Firstport’s Managing Director to meet with me to discuss the significant concerns raised by MPs of all parties.

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Henry @pryor.co.uk · 3d

📻 On air after 09.00 on @BBCSussex discussing Reigate couples unsalable leasehold home. What's happened to the Leasehold & Freehold Reform Act brought in in May last year? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Service charges leave Redhill couple 'stuck in unsellable home'

Sam and Evangeline Thorn say service charge increases mean they have had to put their lives on hold.

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Henry @pryor.co.uk · 4d

"We deeply regret the issue caused to our clients as they would have been under the impression that a licence had been applied for." www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...

Letting agent apologises to Reeves for not applying for rental licence on her behalf

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Henry @pryor.co.uk · 4d

Letting a house has just got too complicated.
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Henry @pryor.co.uk · 5d

“You don’t fatten a pig by measuring it.” What’s more important, hitting an arbitrary target or trying to build as many homes as possible?

Henry @pryor.co.uk · 6d

Just exchanged contracts on a charming home in south west London despite all the talk of 'housing market mayhem'.
Two months from instruction.
22nd deal with my old firm Savills.

Henry @pryor.co.uk · 6d

I've not seen any anything you could describe as 'havoc'.

Tough times perhaps for those trying to sell over-priced homes for unrealistic sellers at the very top, but this is the sort of market where we find out who the great agents are and who perhaps are just average.

Henry @pryor.co.uk · 6d

The government has published new guidance on the Renters’ Rights Act, outlining what the legislation means for letting agents, landlords, and tenants.

In the coming weeks, ministers will outline how the reforms will be rolled out.

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Henry @pryor.co.uk · 7d

📢'Housing market on hold for the next month'.

More kite-flying, this time from a "transient, here today and, if I may say so, gone tomorrow politician" with little regard for the market chaos this kind of dithering causes.

Henry @pryor.co.uk · 8d

Are St.George's flags depressing house prices and if so, has anyone told The Daily Mail? www.reddit.com/r/HousingUK/...

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Henry @pryor.co.uk · 10d

1 x new client
1 x deal agreed

Week 43 - done!

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Matthew Pennycook MP @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social · 10d

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

Following a robust defence from the government, the High Court has comprehensively dismissed challenges brought to the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.

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Henry @pryor.co.uk · 10d

Savills has estimated that “prime” house prices in London have fallen by 21 per cent since peaking in the summer of 2014.

www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

London’s luxury property market falters amid budget uncertainty

Sales of £5m-plus homes fell by almost a fifth this summer, Savills says, amid speculation the chancellor could overhaul UK property taxes

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Henry @pryor.co.uk · 12d

Average UK monthly private rents increased by 5.5%, to £1,354, in the 12 months to September 2025 according to ONS.

Average house prices increased to £296,000 (2.9%) in England, £211,000 (2.0%) in Wales, and £194,000 (4.0%) in Scotland, in the 12 months to August 2025.

Henry @pryor.co.uk · 13d

Another corking weekly newsletter from @hughgraham.bsky.social with some great nuggets although once again I find myself at odds with one of his interviewee's.

'Two, not three' was shoe salesman Ben Prober's lesson from the 1950's.
link.thetimes.co.uk/view/61951aa...