Laut Halifax übersteigt der Preis eines durchschnittlichen britischen Eigenheims zum ersten Mal die 300.000-Pfund-Marke

> “The housing market entered 2026 on a steady footing,” said Amanda Bryden, the head of mortgages at Halifax. “While [£300,000] is undoubtedly a milestone figure, and activity levels show a resilient market, **affordability remains a challenge for many would-be buyers**. All in all, we still think house prices are likely to edge up between 1% and 3% this year.”

then remember two weeks ago from [Number of employed people in UK falls again as wage growth slows](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/20/employed-people-uk-falls-wage-growth-unemployment)

> The **rate of unemployment remained at a four-year high of 5.1% in the three months to the end of November**, but this was up from 4.4% a year earlier. November’s single-month rate jumped to 5.4% from 5.1% in October, the joint highest in more than five years.

and I guess we should also consider [Anthropic’s launch of AI legal tool hits shares in European data companies](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/03/anthropic-ai-legal-tool-shares-data-services-pearson)

> The news will reignite fears of job losses caused by the AI boom. **Clifford Chance, one of the largest international law firms, said in November it was reducing the number of business services staff at its London base by 10%, citing increased use of AI as a factor behind the decision**.
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> Along with factory jobs that can be automated, office-based jobs are seen as vulnerable to advances in AI – computer systems that perform cognitive tasks typically associated with human intelligence.
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> **The UK is losing more jobs than it is creating as companies adopt more AI tools, and is being hit harder than rival large economies, according to a study by Morgan Stanley**.

What could go wrong?