Legal & General Surveying Services react to CPI inflation figures

17 June 2026

Paula Matthews, strategic relationship director at LGSS said:

"Unchanged inflation may not grab headlines, but it could prove just as significant as a rise or fall.

"Sometimes, the most valuable signal is the absence of change.

"For lenders, stability in inflation helps reinforce expectations around the broader economic outlook and gives markets more confidence in the assumptions sitting behind pricing and risk decisions.

"That does not mean uncertainty disappears. Affordability pressures remain and the outlook for interest rates will continue to depend on a range of economic indicators. However, a period of relative stability allows lenders to focus less on reacting to new shocks and more on executing against their existing plans.

"From a valuation and surveying perspective, consistency matters. Lenders still need confidence that decisions are being supported by robust data, appropriate valuation methodologies and experienced professional judgement.

"The apparent conclusion of hostilities in the Middle East should also ultimately improve confidence in addition to any objective impact on interest rates.

"Whether inflation rises, falls or remains unchanged, the underlying challenge is the same: making informed decisions in an environment where confidence can shift quickly.

"Stability does not remove that challenge, but it does make it easier to manage."