Can’t buy, won’t buy
View from Europe: Chris Giles looks at the causes of the housing downturn and the effects on consumers
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FSA to tackle mortgage fraud
A crackdown on mortgage fraud, including the expansion of a scheme that encourages more lenders to report rogue brokers, was announced by the Financial Services Authority
Britons expect house prices to drop
Homeowners in Britain are more convinced that property prices will fall in the coming year than households in the US and other large European economies
Europeans optimistic on property prices
Europeans have high hopes that the value of their houses will rise over the next five years, even if the next 12 months see prices remaining stagnant or falling
Halifax cuts cost of home loan deals
The UK’s largest lender brings momentum to the trend of falling mortgage rates as it reduced its two- and five-year fixed rates by up to 15 basis points
House buyers hold off amid mixed signals
UK consumers are reluctant to venture into the uncertain housing market or to spend beyond essential purchases, reveal two surveys that suggest households are feeling the strain of tight credit conditions
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UK Daily View: Gloomy outlook for house prices
Delphine Strauss analyses the latest data showing weakness in London and a ray of hope in Scotland
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UK house prices
For the TV property presenter who once promised to eat her hat if UK house prices crashed, Tuesday’s data from Nationwide will make chewy reading
Falling over a cliff in slow motion
A big drop in British house prices is likely, partly because prices are extraordinarily high and partly because credit has dried up, says Martin Wolf
Not the time to gamble on survivors of Armageddon
If you offer prognoses on the markets, as I do on occasion, you are bound to make the odd mistake. In this column four months ago I made a cracker
Lessons for a housing downturn
In commodity markets a sign that the bottom has been reached is a deluge of selling: that moment is less clear cut when the commodity is people’s homes, but we are not there yet
