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Housing market activity and house price growth showed few signs of improvement at the end of 2019. Indeed, activity has, if anything, been cooling. (See Chart 1.) That partly reflects economic and political uncertainty. But the big picture is that high …
9th December 2019
After a brief mid-year recovery, economic and political uncertainty is once again discouraging housing market activity. In all, the near term outlook for both housing sales and house prices is therefore weak. But beyond that, even if Brexit uncertainty …
8th November 2019
The brief rise in London buyer activity proved to be short lived, suggesting that the capital’s housing market malaise has further to run. Indeed, even if a no-deal Brexit is avoided, we expect London’s house price decline to intensify, with prices to end …
24th September 2019
July saw the second consecutive monthly rise in new buyer enquiries and house purchase mortgage approvals, as Brexit uncertainty briefly eased. (See Chart 1.) But with house prices very high and economic uncertainty set to intensify once more, we expect …
5th September 2019
Housing demand improved in June for the first time in over two years. But with the rise driven heavily by regions with the most expensive prices, and another Brexit deadline looming, that doesn’t signal an imminent housing market rebound. Indeed, we think …
7th August 2019
