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The risk to the UK housing market isn’t Brexit

An out vote in June’s EU referendum could lead to some short-term softening in activity levels and price pressures in the housing market. It could also present another medium-term headwind to raising the supply of housing. But suggestions that Brexit will trigger an economic and housing market collapse seem overblown.

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