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Is the latest housing downturn just another blip?

After a weak start to the year, the subsequent modest improvement in the housing market has recently begun to peter out. It may be that this is nothing to worry about, especially given that the wider economic environment has become more supportive. But we cannot help but feel that there is something more fundamental about this latest weakening.

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