UK Data Response Nationwide House Prices (May) It is still early days, but our prediction last month that April would be the high water mark for house price inflation appears to have been borne out. For now, house prices continue to rise, but... 3rd June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Data Response Mortgage Lending (Apr.) The latest rise in mortgage approvals for house purchase cannot disguise the bigger picture of a lending market that is depressed. The subdued picture for net lending might also mean that anyone... 2nd June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Data Response Mortgage Lending (Apr.) The latest rise in mortgage approvals for house purchase cannot disguise the bigger picture of a lending market that is depressed. The subdued picture for net lending might also mean that anyone... 2nd June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response Mortgage Lending (Apr.) The latest rise in mortgage approvals for house purchase cannot disguise the bigger picture of a lending market that is depressed. The subdued picture for net lending might also mean that anyone... 2nd June 2010 · 1 min read
Japan Data Response Output, Wages, Housing (Apr) & PMI (May) Today's data were mixed, with weak industrial production and housing starts offset by better news from the manufacturing PMI and the labour market. However, all have been somewhat overshadowed by the... 31st May 2010 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response RICS Lettings Survey (Apr.) On the face of it, the supply shortages which characterised the owner occupier market last year are in danger of becoming a feature of the private rental market. While this could provide a boost for... 26th May 2010 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response BBA Mortgage Lending (Apr.) April’s soft mortgage lending data add weight to the idea that last year’s upturn in approvals overstated the underlying health of the housing market. Moreover, since the looming fiscal austerity... 26th May 2010 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Update The recovery in house-building will be slow Despite a 73% rise in private housing starts over the past year, the bigger picture is that housebuilding activity in England remains extremely subdued and that is unlikely to change rapidly. Indeed... 20th May 2010 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Update Is London’s housing market at a turning point? It is too soon to be sure whether the recent softness in some London housing market indicators are simply noise in an otherwise healthy trend or whether they are a sign that a turning point is at hand... 19th May 2010 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response Mortgage Arrears and Possessions (Q1) The modest improvement in the labour market seen in the final months of last year appears to have helped reduce further the number of mortgage possessions and cases of mortgage arrears. As yet, there... 13th May 2010 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response CML Buy-to-Let Lending (Q1) Recent press reports have suggested that lenders are increasingly considering targeting a return to higher margin BTL lending. Today’s data suggest that such considerations have yet to deliver any... 13th May 2010 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response RICS Housing Market Survey (Apr.) The softer tone evident in most of the RICS housing market balances since the turn of the year was partially reversed in April. It will be at least another month or two, however, before we know... 11th May 2010 · 1 min read
UK Data Response Halifax House Prices (Apr.) News that the Halifax house price index suffered a marginal fall in April is a reminder that the recovery in house prices has not had a firm economic foundation. With the acute supply shortages that... 7th May 2010 · 1 min read
UK Data Response Halifax House Prices (Apr.) News that the Halifax house price index suffered a marginal fall in April is a reminder that the recovery in house prices has not had a firm economic foundation. With the acute supply shortages that... 7th May 2010 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Chart Pack Activity struggles to regain lost ground (May 10) It is possible that the renewed mood of caution in the housing market might lift once the election has passed. Yet the result will not materially affect the short-term economic growth outlook. And... 6th May 2010 · 1 min read
