Higher mortgage rates pressure house prices
Monday 19th October, 2026
Rising mortgage rates are squeezing buyers and pushing sellers to cut asking prices in several previously resilient parts of Britain.
This gives you a natural chance to explain what your housing data says about affordability and changing buyer and seller behaviour across Britain.
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Why have we flagged this?
Rising mortgage rates are putting pressure on regional housing markets, and you could add useful context with your data on asking prices, buyer enquiries and agreed sales.
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Expert comment
Explain why price rises can mask a weaker market
Point out that a rise in asking prices does not mean sellers have regained pricing power when sales and enquiries are falling.
Expert comment angle: Offer this view to consumer money and property journalists, using Rightmove’s market data to explain the gap between asking prices and buyer demand.
Why: It gives readers a useful way to understand why headline prices can look resilient while buyers are under pressure.
Data idea
Measure how buyer budgets are shifting
Show whether people are setting lower maximum prices when searching for homes.
Data to investigate: Analyse your property search data to compare the share of searches with a maximum price below a fixed threshold this October with last October.
Why: It would show whether buyers are adjusting their budgets as mortgage costs rise, using behaviour directly recorded on Rightmove.