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A bridge too far?
Much consternation in media today following the Daily Mail’s front page story about helping so-called mortgage prisoners trapped by negative equity. John Humphries on the Today programme seemed particularly exercised by the idea when interviewing our own David Hollingworth. So what’s going on? And would a rather stretched metaphor help any? The first thing to [...] -
Fewer vendors put their homes up for sale in September
The RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) UK Housing Market survey for September revealed a fall in the number of new homes being put up for sale during the month as a result of the uncertain economic outlook. 5% more surveyors than the previous month reported that the supply of property fell rather than rose. [...] -
House prices fall in September, but property and mortgage affordability is improving
UK house prices fell by 0.5% in September according Halifax’s latest monthly house price index, taking the average house price to £161,132. Prices for the third quarter (July to September) were up 01% on the previous quarter – the first quarterly rise since the beginning of 2010 and on an annual basis, house prices are [...]