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House prices fell by 1.4% during January as the property market continued to come under pressure from Government spending cuts and the mortgage drought. The drop left the average cost of a home just 0.5% higher than it was in January last year at £208,552, according to the Department for...

Hi All Found an article in the Australian press re House Prices in Australia, What does everyone else think - i am sure rents will rise and property that wasn't damaged to go up in value, but those areas that were damaged to fall sharply read the article www.news.com.au

Has the australian property bubble burst? With rising rates and buyers looking for bargins the market looks like it is in for a tough ride in 2011 REAL estate agents have a huge stockpile of unsold properties as potential buyers lose confidence. Sales are being hit due to rising...

this is quite a scary story THE Reserve Bank deliberately intervened in the political debate over the property boom to stop governments releasing more land. The bank feared the release of land would cause traffic gridlock, environmental problems and potentially a US-style housing slump...

Hi All, Today the Bank of england have left interest rates on hold and this has seen relief rally in the pound to us dollar exchange rates. Currently trading 1.6275, next target is 1.6500 which should hopefully make some of you very happy.

Hi All, My wife is sick of me working over summer and the cost of 3 small children in the uk getting out of hand, we are thinking of renting a house for all of july and august. My question is does anyone know a site for a longer summer let - we are looking for a 3 bed with pool close to...

MADRID — Manolo Marbán, 59, is still living in his house in Toledo and going to work in the small pink-and-aqua pet grooming shop he bought here in 2006, when he got swept up in Spain’s giddy real estate boom. Enlarge This Image Lourdes Segade for The New York Times Manolo Marbán, a pet...

Australian House prices Outlook RP Data-Rismark data for June show Australian house prices fell for the first time in 17 months, with national median prices decreasing 0.7% (seasonally adjusted) in June to be up 10.5% over the past year. Price growth continues to be following a clear trend...

UK house prices higher again - is the market picking up? i still think mortgage approvals to 1st home buyers needs to improve first and LTV needs to come back to around 10% any thoughts

AUSTRALIA'S housing market ended the year well despite recent interest rate hikes, talk of a recession and the phasing out of the first-home buyer grant. Over the first 11 months, home values rose by 11.3 per cent after their modest 3.8 per cent peak-to-trough falls in 2008. The data, compiled...

Australian homeowners face steadily rising interest rates during the next two years with the Australian Reserve Bank’s cash rate reaching 5.5 per cent in 2011, economists say. The results of the Australian Business Economists (ABE) annual forecasting survey, released today, forecast the cash...

I have Like thwe Australian Property for some time and looks like the perfect storm for price rises RENTERS are forking out more than $1000 a month above what they did a year ago to live in houses among Melbourne's rich and famous. Despite this year's economic gloom, people who have made the...

I have just seen this story from The Press Association thought some of the readers would have a interest in it The City watchdog was accused of viewing mortgage lenders as being like "drug dealers at the school gates". The chairman of the Council of Mortgage Lenders said the Financial...

This is in todays Times - who said figures cant lie? We have seen very little mortgage business go through and with deposit of 25% plus needed can this trend continue? The number of mortgages granted to homebuyers rose for the third consecutive month in September, with first-time buyers...

Found this Article in the Independent think it highlights further losses and i would agree - eventually cash buyers will run out of cash and as the mortgage market is very slow prices will stagnate or fall 10%+... What on earth is happening in the housing market? Of the many economic puzzles...

IT'S the proof we've been waiting for that the housing boom is back - at dinner tables across the country talk is returning to the old conversation chestnut, Australian property prices. While the global financial crisis made us all armchair investment analysts, now lower interest rates...

In France, May-July housing permits fell 24.8% y/y, with July alone down 15.1% y/y. This is better than -32.4% y/y in June. The government is having trouble with housing starts data so the picture is incomplete. It’s tempting to say that if you don’t like the data, just lose it.

Bank of England May mortgage approvals rose a little (43,414 from 43,191 in April) but mortgage lending slumped to the lowest level on record (£324 million from £908 million in April). Consumer credit was up, though (£300 million from £200 million). Market News says “The data overall highlight...

Just heard that Spanish Lifetime Loans and spanish equity release is about to run out of funding. Currently manchester bldg soc has 2.5 million of funding left with 25 applications outstanding and no new funding coming on this year

By Dylan Lobo Difficult market conditions have forced New Star to suspend redemptions on its £470 million International Property fund. The group said the move had been prompted by withdrawals, mainly on the institutional side, which has impacted the fund's liquidity. New Star said...