5FF Short Cut: Housing market approaches peak pain as deal times reach a record

Sources for every fact: https://mhwc.co.uk/5-fact-friday/5-fact-friday-25th-september-2026/ Deal times have hit a record: PropertyMark's latest survey has more than half of estate agents reporting deals taking over 17 weeks from agreed offer to exchange. That's the first time since they started measuring in 2015, and it backs up the warning that every force acting on the market this year would make moving harder. Fact one: Labour is considering lowering the mansion tax threshold from £2 mill...