15/09/2026
HOUSE PRICES FALLING = BAD NEWS? Not necessarily. 👀🏡
Rightmove has just dramatically changed its 2026 outlook — from +2% growth to somewhere between 0% and -2%.
For buyers and particularly people moving up the ladder, a softer market could mean:
✅ More negotiating power
✅ More choice
✅ More realistic asking prices
✅ A potentially smaller £ gap to your next home
A falling market isn’t automatically something to fear.
Sometimes the important question isn’t:
“What are house prices doing?”
It’s:
“What does this market allow ME to do?”
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