{"id":171770,"date":"2026-05-14T06:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T23:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/housing-market-in-england-and-wales-weakening-due-to-iran-war-say-estate-agents\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T08:32:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T01:32:50","slug":"housing-market-in-england-and-wales-weakening-due-to-iran-war-say-estate-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/housing-market-in-england-and-wales-weakening-due-to-iran-war-say-estate-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing market in England and Wales weakening due to Iran war, say estate agents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nHomebuyers more cautious due to possible mortgage rate rises and higher inflation as sellers sit on propertiesFears of higher mortgage rates and rising inflation as a result of the Middle East conflict are leading to a subdued and downbeat housing market, according to estate agents.Demand from potential homebuyers across England and Wales has shown a \u201cnoticeable softening\u201d recently, according to a monthly survey of estate agents by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/may\/14\/housing-market-in-england-and-wales-weakening-due-to-iran-war-say-estate-agents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Housing market in England and Wales weakening due to Iran war, say estate agents<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Homebuyers more cautious due to possible mortgage rate rises and higher inflation as sellers sit&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-IGu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":170546,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/housing-market-in-england-and-wales-showing-tentative-signs-of-recovery\/","url_meta":{"origin":171770,"position":0},"title":"Housing market in England and Wales \u2018showing tentative signs of recovery\u2019","date":"February 12, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Rics surveyors report inquiries from new buyers, agreed sales and house prices were less negative in JanuaryThere are \u201ctentative signs\u201d that the housing market in England and Wales is recovering from a months-long slowdown after uncertainty around the autumn budget and economic pressures, estate agents and surveyors have reported.The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":116323,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/opening-of-english-housing-market-catches-estate-agents-on-the-hop\/","url_meta":{"origin":171770,"position":1},"title":"Opening of English housing market catches estate agents on the hop","date":"May 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Agencies scramble to work out how to do viewings after industry exempted from coronavirus lockdown Coronavirus \u2013 latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe news that the housing market in England could restart came as a surprise to estate agents. \u201cWe thought we\u2019d be included with other retail and it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":171312,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/iran-war-upends-spring-housing-market-heres-what-real-estate-agents-are-seeing\/","url_meta":{"origin":171770,"position":2},"title":"Iran war upends spring housing market. 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