All house prices articles – Page 2
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CommentHouse prices lower in 2016 than today - City traders are putting money on it
Homes will be worth nearly £2500 less in 2016 than today according to future gazers in the Square Mile
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CommentPublic sector job cuts and the housing market
The new wave of cuts will hit better off homeowners
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CommentIt's not looking good for house prices in 2011
House prices dropped by 1.6% in 2010 and will continue falling according to Halifax figures
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CommentA New Year a welter of New Challenges for Mr Shapps
House prices need to fall, but how can this be done with causing pain for construction
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CommentForecasters expect a fall in house prices in 2011
Most predictions see a drop next year, but they did last year and house prices rose 1% in 2010
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CommentFuture’s traders see long slump in house prices
City speculators see no recover in house prices until at least 2015
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CommentBuyers and sellers abandon the housing market
And that’s bad news for house building numbers
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CommentWhy the spending review might prove a turning onto the road to Nirvana for housebuilders
However, the prospects for housing, housing associations and contractors are far less rosy
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CommentWhat house price falls might mean for future housing construction
The sharp fall in the Halifax house price index serves as a warning for those relying on rising private sector housebuilding for future growth
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CommentA double-dip in house prices isn’t really the problem
The fall in transactions is going to hit the housebuilding industry much harder
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CommentValue of UK homes rose £125.7 billion in 2009
Sounds big, but it's not so impressive when you consider inflation and stock growth
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CommentNationwide joins other indexes to show house prices falling
House prices may be on the slide but there shouldn't be another collapse
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CommentEstate agents expect housing prices to fall
Latest RICS survey shows more estate agents are expecting price falls than rises
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CommentAre we on the edge of a second house price crash?
Is the market heading for a protracted decline or will prices stabilise and hold or continue to creep up from the trough of a year or so ago.
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The big question for Mr Shapps
I would like to be among those welcoming Grant Shapps to his new role as housing minister and wishing him well. I must admit I have not been particularly kind to his ideas to date. It’s my job to be critical I guess.But for the record I do have a ...
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Bank figures provide more jitters for the housing market
The latest data on mortage lending from the Bank of England will do little to steady the nerves of those in the house building world.The figures show the number of approvals for house purchases on a seasonally adjusted basis has taken a dip in the first quarter of this year.The ...
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We're back to double-digit growth in house prices, oh dear
House prices are booming again, crack open the champagne!Well maybe not.If I was a house builder reading the latest survey from the Nationwide building society showing a double-digit rise in prices over the past year (see graph) I would be worried.Looking at my short-term prospects, naturally I would be chirpy ...
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Why falling mortgages approval are spooking housing market watchers
The latest figures from the Bank of England showing the number of mortgage approvals at a nine month low have caused a bit of a stir and increased talk of a double dip in the housing market.Here’s a few reasons why.There is a historic link between the number of mortgage ...
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More home sellers, fewer home letters - a housing market in flux
How should we read yesterday’s Rightmove figures showing the slowest ever March pick up in asking prices?They appear to be consistent with much of what else we are seeing in the market – a growing body of evidence that the recent bounce back in the housing market is faltering (see ...
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Is the housing market on the turn again?
Today’s release by the surveyors’ body RICS of its latest housing market survey provides a little bit of support to both sides of the will-they-won’t-they debate on house price rises.Looked at nationally, the broad measures of estate agents experiences and expectations of house prices remain positive.A majority of 17% saw ...
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