The cladding crisis in the UK remains one of the most pressing and costly housing issues since the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. While cladding remediation work is ongoing, thousands of leaseholders and flat owners continue to face both safety concerns and significant financial losses. At the heart of the issue lies a systemic failure to address unsafe cladding, particularly on high-rise residential buildings and tower blocks, leaving residents trapped in unsafe buildings and often unable to sell or remortgage their homes.

Our latest PriceHubble study, Navigating the UK cladding crisis, focuses on London, Manchester, and key boroughs where flammable cladding and affected buildings have triggered sharp drops in both sales volumes and house prices. We’ve analysed over 1.2 million multi-unit buildings in the National Cladding Dataset to understand the true impact of the cladding crisis across the UK.

Here are six key takeaways to understand the scale and human cost of the UK’s building safety crisis.