UK Housing Market Chart Pack Housing market struggling for direction Last month’s housing market news-flow may have been slightly more positive than of late, but it didn’t change the underlying picture of a market that remains severely depressed. And if unemployment... 4th March 2011 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Chart Pack Mortgage approvals drop to a 21-month low There was little, if any, positive news from the housing market this month. With confidence in the recovery on the wane, mortgage credit conditions tight and houses still overvalued, we find it hard... 3rd February 2011 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Chart Pack Fewer willing sellers won't prevent prices from falling There have been tentative signs that prospective vendors are being deterred from bringing their properties to the market by renewed price falls. But even if supply contracts further, a combination of... 5th January 2011 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Chart Pack Second leg of the correction will continue in 2011 (Dec 10) Most measures of housing market activity worsened last month. Given that economic growth is likely to be sluggish and a fresh rise in unemployment is on the cards, we do not expect activity levels to... 6th December 2010 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Chart Pack Active buyers still thin on the ground (Nov 10) The housing market data became increasingly negative last month. The stock of unsold properties on the market expanded once again and mortgage market activity remains extremely depressed. Most of the... 4th November 2010 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Chart Pack Weak activity data suggest further house price falls to come (Oct 10) The latest housing market activity measures look very weak. For now, however, this does not seem to have passed through to sustained falls in house prices. But with the fiscal consolidation set to put... 29th October 2010 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Chart Pack Housing market activity in the doldrums (Sep 10) GDP growth in the second quarter was revised up to a healthy-looking 1.2%q/q. But closer inspection reveals the recovery to be worryingly dependent on restocking. Once the process of inventory... 2nd September 2010 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Chart Pack Signs that house prices are at a turning point (Aug 10) We believe that the downturn in the data in recent months marks the start of a new, weaker trend for the housing market. With a fresh contraction in lending likely in the coming months and a weak... 2nd August 2010 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Chart Pack Outlook weakens in the latest data (Jul 10) The housing market data continued to send mixed messages last month. Activity measures remained subdued but did not typically weaken any further. House prices rose on some indices and fell on others... 2nd July 2010 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Chart Pack Recent data offer few fresh clues to the outlook (Jun 10) In view of the looming June Budget, the economic recovery remains worryingly dependent on the inventory cycle and government spending. The prospect of tighter fiscal policy and job losses in the... 7th June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Chart Pack Activity struggles to regain lost ground (May 10) It is possible that the renewed mood of caution in the housing market might lift once the election has passed. Yet the result will not materially affect the short-term economic growth outlook. And... 6th May 2010 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Chart Pack Weak activity suggests that confidence is still fragile (Apr 10) The fact that activity measures showed little, if any, recovery last month suggests that the weather may have been a less significant distortion to January’s data than was initially assumed. Although... 31st March 2010 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Chart Pack Turning point or short-term blip? (Mar 10) It is too soon to draw conclusions from the slump in most measures of housing market activity. But with the economic data still soft and each rise in house prices denting affordability, we think that... 3rd March 2010 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Chart Pack Weak economy will not support sustained house price recovery (Feb 10) 3rd February 2010 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Chart Pack Buyer confidence to fade in 2010 as unemployment rises (Jan 10) 5th January 2010 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Chart Pack Growing signs that the upturn is approaching its end (Dec 09) 3rd December 2009 · 1 min read
