UK Economics Update Recapitalisation unlikely to revitalise bank lending With banks’ balance sheets under pressure, UK bank lending is set to rise more slowly, if not fall outright. This will have significant adverse effects on the UK economy, which may already be in... 13th October 2008 · 1 min read
UK Economics Update Has the housing market outlook changed? What a tumultuous few weeks! Policymakers around the world have stepped in to bail out the banking system, hopefully averting full-scale financial system meltdown, and UK interest rates have been cut... 10th October 2008 · 1 min read
UK Economics Update Finally, some light at the end of the mortgage market tunnel At last, some rare good news for the housing market. Together, the bank recapitalisation plan and the 0.5% cut in official policy rates suggest that policy makers have now realised that drastic action... 8th October 2008 · 1 min read
UK Economics Update Finally, some light at the end of the mortgage market tunnel At last, some rare good news for the housing market. Together, the bank recapitalisation plan and the 0.5% cut in official policy rates suggest that policy makers have now realised that drastic action... 8th October 2008 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Update Finally, some light at the end of the mortgage market tunnel At last, some rare good news for the housing market. Together, the bank recapitalisation plan and the 0.5% cut in official policy rates suggest that policy makers have now realised that drastic action... 8th October 2008 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Update Rental growth set to be slower than expected Surveys point to an easing in the supply/demand imbalance in the private rental market in recent months. Coupled with the likely severity of the economic downturn, this increases the chances that... 12th September 2008 · 1 min read
UK Economics Update King rules out quick fixes Bank of England Governor Mervyn King today underlined the message that there are no quick fixes for the problems in the UK mortgage and housing markets. This supports the view that further sharp falls... 11th September 2008 · 1 min read
US Economics Focus GSE bailout could wreck Federal budget, but worth the risk 10th September 2008 · 1 min read
UK Economics Update Government housing measures contain no miracle cure The Government today announced a number of measures designed to “meet current challenges in the housing market”. While some of the measures will help to ease the hardship faced by a few of the... 2nd September 2008 · 1 min read
UK Economics Update Government housing measures contain no miracle cure The Government today announced a number of measures designed to “meet current challenges in the housing market”. While some of the measures will help to ease the hardship faced by a few of the... 2nd September 2008 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Update Government housing measures contain no miracle cure The Government today announced a number of measures designed to “meet current challenges in the housing market”. While some of the measures will help to ease the hardship faced by a few of the... 2nd September 2008 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Focus More people set to share homes as house prices fall In the same way that rising house prices encouraged people to bring forward their decision to buy a property, expectations of falling house prices will convince many to defer their property purchase... 14th August 2008 · 1 min read
US Housing Market Focus Is the US housing market stabilising? The latest round of news on the housing market has been surprisingly upbeat but don’t be fooled into believing that the sector has bottomed out. 14th August 2008 · 1 min read
Europe Economics Update Spanish house prices to fall by 25% The recent run of terrible economic news from Spain and the sharp falls in house prices in a number of other developed economies have led us to revise down our forecast for Spanish house prices. We... 13th August 2008 · 1 min read
UK Economics Update The dent to the labour market from falling house prices There are a number of ways in which a weakening housing market could affect the labour market adversely, potentially sparking a vicious circle of falling house prices and rising unemployment. 13th August 2008 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Update Stamp duty – a case of words speaking louder than actions Rumours that the Government is preparing to take action on stamp duty are gathering ground, with a number of papers reporting the story today. But, while a fundamental reform of stamp duty would no... 6th August 2008 · 1 min read
