There are tentative signs that activity levels in the housing market are bottoming out. Any recovery in activity is, however, unlikely to be sufficiently strong to prevent further house price falls. Our forecast of a 20% fall in house prices this year and a further drop of 10% in 2010 is unchanged. By the end of 2010 house prices will be between 40% and 45% lower than their 2007 peak.
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