Posts Tagged ‘housing market’

Freeing up the housing market

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

As everyone would agree today the housing market is at a standstill. First time buyers cannot get on the ladder, people cannot upsize and in many cases cannot even sell a large place to downsize. …read more

The UK property market is not a dead parrot

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

Up until the ‘credit crunch’ there had been two schools of thought regarding the way that house prices would go in the UK.

The more traditional was that house prices would continue to increase into the future with 50 year mortgage terms and mortgage loan amounts based on 20 plus times annual income becoming the norm. …read more

UK House prices fall for three consecutive months

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

New figures from the Halifax have shown the house price recovery has not just stalled but is now in reverse gear. The predictable decision by the Bank of England to keep interest rates at 0.5% is the only relief home owners with mortgages can expect now they face another dip into negative equity and the impending house price crash.

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Time to sell the house?

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Do you think house prices will continue to rise and would you advise on investing into property now?

Readers of this column will no doubt remember how we forecasted the reasons for the current situation as far back as 2005 …read more

Why are house prices defying gravity?

Friday, February 5th, 2010

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House prices will rise by 6% in 2010

Monday, February 1st, 2010

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The property market and house prices 2010

Monday, December 28th, 2009

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House price rises and inheritance tax

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Alistair Darling is facing the probability of freezing inheritance tax to increase tax revenue for the government because of the drops in house prices. But with house prices rising this could mean that more people will have to pay for the mistakes of Labour’s mismanagement of the economy through inheritance tax. …read more

No signs of stability in house prices

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

With news of increases  in house prices and an increase in mortgage approvals one might think the end of the bottom of the housing market has been reached. But are we looking at true stability? Or is this misleading data in a temporary flux that may pull buyers into a market with a long term downward trend? …read more

Lending accountability and reckless loans

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

Where is the recourse for lenders who fueled a housing bubble, forcing borrowers to place themselves at risk in order to purchase a property to satisfy the circus of home ownership?

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Economic Recovery and House Price Affordability

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

The press often gives the impression that our economy is irredeemable. However, it is important to realise that the world economy never stopped growing in the course of this recession and that the UK is very much part of a globalised economy. We live in a time where billions of people are chomping at the bit to join the high-consuming middle classes. Unlike in times gone by, these people now have the education and infrastructure to achieve their goal. The world, therefore, has the potential to grow at an explosive rate and there is every reason to believe that a Britain full of international banks and multi-national corporations will be able to join the party. …read more