The latest housing market activity measures look very weak. For now, however, this does not seem to have passed through to sustained falls in house prices. But with the fiscal consolidation set to put considerable strain on the labour market and economic growth expected to be sluggish, we think that further falls in house prices are only a matter of time.
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