Another muted 0.2% rise in house prices in July adds to the sense that the housing market is cooling amid weak buyer demand and growing supply. As price growth continues to moderate quickly with no signs of a turnaround imminent, our forecast that prices would rise by 5% this year seems increasingly unrealistic.
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