The recent outperformance by new-build house prices reflects two factors. First, the increasing use of sales incentives by housebuilders, and second, catch-up growth following a period of underperformance during the housing crash. As the former are price cuts by another name, and the latter has now overshot, the strong growth of new house prices may not be sustained for much longer.
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