A second leg to the house price correction still lies ahead (Q1 2010)

Our forecast that house prices will drop by 10% this year is unchanged. But, in view of the market’s surprising recovery last year, there is clearly risk that the current upward momentum in house prices will last for longer than we are expecting. Thus the risks to our 2010 view are biased to the upside.

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