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
Posts Tagged ‘housing market’
The UK property market is not a dead parrot
Sunday, July 25th, 2010Up 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, 2010New 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.
Time to sell the house?
Monday, June 14th, 2010Do 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, 2010House prices will rise by 6% in 2010
Monday, February 1st, 2010The property market and house prices 2010
Monday, December 28th, 2009House price rises and inheritance tax
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009Alistair 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, 2009With 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
Economic Recovery and House Price Affordability
Thursday, November 12th, 2009The 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

