House prices Archive

  • Green Shoots in the UK Economy and Markets?

    Green Shoots in the UK Economy and Markets?

    Posted on December 3, 2009 | No Comments
    There’s been a lot of positive talk in the UK housing market over the last few days or so……..Onward Christian Soldiers…..Relaxation of the credit stanglehold?Total net lending to individuals rose by £0.3 billion in October. The twelve-month growth rate fell to 0.7%, and the three-month...

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  • Government Loans for First Time buyers

    Government Loans for First Time buyers

    Posted on May 20, 2009 | No Comments
    Those self serving suits from around Threadneedle Street who we saw exposed in Channel 4′s excellent documentary on non-executive banking directors, have been racking their brains recently on how to get the first time buyer market moving. Laughing into their cafe crappe they must be...

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  • House Prices tumble as sales dry up

    House Prices tumble as sales dry up

    Posted on November 11, 2008 | No Comments
    New data from Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has shown that house prices have fallen to a 30-year low over the last 3 month period and the number of surveys fell to the lowest since it began in 1978, with sales declining from 11.5...

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  • Nationwide gives false hope to housing market prices

    Nationwide gives false hope to housing market prices

    Posted on October 2, 2008 | No Comments
    U.K. house prices dropped 1.7% in September compared to the same point a year ago, according to data compiled by the Nationwide Building Society. The monthly fall means that house prices fell 12.4% on annual basis, thought to be a direct knock on effect from...

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