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Because that is exacly what has happened - we had a very dry Spring and Summer, large trees adjacent have caused shrinkage and the footing has dropped slightly. The house has therefore tipped forward slightly and the masonry slid over the dpc where the bond is weakest.

It can and does occur - most often on a sloping site. Here is one I saw last week as a surveyor in Northamptonshire. 1970s bungalow with a lot of minor movement - the bungalow is trying to head down the steeply sloping site. It is called 'oversailing' by surveyors. Pdf photo attached.