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Pre-Budget report 2006 - Comment

Optimism still fuels house price engine

By Robert Budden

Published: November 25 2006 02:00 | Last updated: November 25 2006 02:00

It's been a while since we've seen any big name doomsayers on the UK housing market.

Just a few years ago you could take your pick. In late 2002, Roger Bootle (previously chief economist of HSBC) and his lot at Capital Economics were predicting falls in house prices of around 20 per cent.

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