A decade after the UK voted to leave the European Union, research by Together has found that half of Britons (50%) believe Brexit has damaged the housing market.
While nearly a third (28%) think Brexit has hurt a lot, a fifth (22%) think it has hurt a little.
Only a quarter of respondents (24%) believe Brexit has ultimately helped the UK housing market.
Nearly one in 10 (9%) believe it has significantly improved the UK housing market – with 14% thinking it has helped little.
Those in Scotland (47%), the North East (37%) and the North West of England (33%) said Brexit had hurt the UK housing market the most.
Only 19% of Londoners and 11% of West Midlands residents believe this has helped boost the UK housing market.
Scott Clay, director of Together, said: “Ten years after the Brexit vote, many consumers continue to associate this period with economic uncertainty, often reflected in attitudes to the housing market.
“While it is difficult to isolate Brexit from the other major events we have seen over the past decade, including the pandemic, rising inflation, rapid increases in interest rates and, more recently, Tensions in Iran Cooling buyer confidence – The reality for many households has been rising borrowing costs and increasing pressures on affordability over the past decade.
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