UK Housing Market Chart Pack Recent data offer few fresh clues to the outlook (Jun 10) In view of the looming June Budget, the economic recovery remains worryingly dependent on the inventory cycle and government spending. The prospect of tighter fiscal policy and job losses in the... 7th June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Data Response Halifax House Prices (May) The contradictory messages offered by the Halifax and Nationwide house price data make it almost impossible to draw clear conclusions about the health of the market. But, at the very least, May’s drop... 4th June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Data Response Halifax House Prices (May) The contradictory messages offered by the Halifax and Nationwide house pric data make it almost impossible to draw clear conclusions about the health of the market. But, at the very least, May’s drop... 4th June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Data Response Halifax House Prices (May) The contradictory messages offered by the Halifax and Nationwide house price data make it almost impossible to draw clear conclusions about the health of the market. But, at the very least, May’s drop... 4th June 2010 · 1 min read
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 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 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
