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Bigger house price falls point to 50/50 chance of UK recession

We now think that house prices will fall by about a third over the next 2 to 3 years, clearly increasing the chances of a recession in the UK economy to perhaps 50%. And with house prices still likely to be falling throughout 2010, there is very little hope of the economy bouncing back quickly.

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