{"id":13933,"date":"2026-03-03T18:04:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T22:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=13933"},"modified":"2026-03-03T18:04:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T22:04:50","slug":"uk-home-sales-flat-in-january","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/news\/uk-home-sales-flat-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Home Sales Flat in January"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>The domestic moving industry in the United Kingdom likely saw no growth in January as home sales reflected largely the same figures as 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/news\/uk\/home-news\/home-sales-fall-uk-house-b2929386.html\">The Independent<\/a>&nbsp;reported that according to HM Revenue and Customs, a total of 94,680 home sales were recorded across the country during the month, representing a 5% drop from December and \u201cmarginally\u201d lower than the 95,430 sales in January last year. Commenting on the figures, Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director at international real estate agents, Fine &amp; Country, said: \u201cJanuary is traditionally a quieter period for the market, as many buyers and sellers take a breath after Christmas before turning their attention back to moving plans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting on the outlook for home sales this year, Ian Futcher at wealth manager Quilter, said: \u201cLenders have already been trimming fixed\u2011rate deals in anticipation of Bank of England cuts later this year, and the market is increasingly priced for a gradual easing cycle. If inflation continues to cool, there is a realistic prospect that average mortgage rates could drift lower through the spring and summer. That would gradually improve affordability and could release some of the pent-up demand that has been sitting on the sidelines since early 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The domestic moving industry in the United Kingdom likely saw no growth in January as home sales reflected largely the same figures as 2025. The Independent&nbsp;reported that according to HM Revenue and Customs, a total of 94,680 home sales were recorded across the country during the month, representing a 5% drop from December and \u201cmarginally\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_piecal_is_event":false,"_piecal_start_date":"","_piecal_end_date":"","_piecal_is_allday":false,"footnotes":""},"news-category":[31],"class_list":["post-13933","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-category-industry-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13934,"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13933\/revisions\/13934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamovers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=13933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}