30th October 2026 “With mortgage rates still rising, house prices are likely to fall further over the next few months,” said Ashley Webb, economist at the consultancy Capital Economics. View article
UK house prices rise at slowest pace in almost three years Ashley Webb, senior UK economist at Capital Economics, forecast a 1.5 per cent rise in house prices in 2027, but cautioned that if energy prices, and so mortgage rates, continued to rise, price growth... 30th October 2026 · The Times
UK house price growth slows to weakest since 2024 “With mortgage rates still rising, house prices are likely to fall further over the next few months,” said Ashley Webb, economist at the consultancy Capital Economics. 30th October 2026 · Financial Times
Job vacancies plunge to five-year low Ashley Webb, a senior UK economist at Capital Economics, said that despite the fall in Britain's unemployment rate "the big picture is that hiring remains weak". He added that many companies were... 21st October 2026 · The Telegraph
