UK Housing Market Update Lower interest rates pave the way for a stronger 2024 Our forecast of earlier Bank Rate cuts mean that mortgage rates will be significantly lower than we had anticipated this year, which will lead to a stronger recovery in demand from mortgaged buyers... 5th January 2024 · 4 mins read
UK Housing Market Rapid Response Halifax House Prices (Dec. 2023) The big 1.1% m/m increase in the Halifax house price index confirms that falls in mortgage rates are translating into renewed increases in house prices. Given further recent falls in mortgage rates... 5th January 2024 · 3 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Economics Update CoreLogic House Prices (Dec.) We are resending this publication because it was incorrectly sent as an Australia and New Zealand Rapid Response. Australia’s housing market showed signs of life in December. However, we still think... 2nd January 2024 · 3 mins read
UK Housing Market Rapid Response Nationwide House Prices (Dec. 23) Unchanged house prices in December ensured that over the course of 2023 they fell by much less than forecasters had expected. With mortgage rates falling, it is increasingly likely that house prices... 29th December 2023 · 3 mins read
UK Housing Market Update 2023 in review While we got mortgage rates and lending roughly right in 2023, house prices fell by less than we expected as longer mortgage terms, strong demand from cash buyers, and tight supply came together to... 28th December 2023 · 4 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Economics Update Australia Housing Watch Although house prices in Melbourne have started to fall anew, we doubt that they are the canary in the coal mine. A persistent shortfall in housing supply should ensure that house prices across most... 21st December 2023 · 4 mins read
UK Housing Market Chart Pack UK Housing Market Chart Pack (Dec. 2023) Large downward shifts in interest rate expectations mean that mortgage rates will continue to fall for the next month or two. That will support some recovery in activity and means that price declines... 18th December 2023 · 1 min read
Canada Economics Weekly Household debt service ratio will continue to rise Household net worth fell in the third quarter, although the recent resurgence in bond and equity prices means that should soon be reversed. It is too soon to sound the all-clear for households’... 15th December 2023 · 7 mins read
Canada Economics Update Housing Watch (Dec.) November was a weak month all round for housing, with prices falling at a faster pace and starts plunging. Lenders are already cutting mortgage rates in response to the recent drop in bond yields... 15th December 2023 · 4 mins read
US Housing Market Chart Pack US Housing Market Chart Pack Recent falls in Treasury yields have bought mortgage rates back down from a peak of 8% in October to 7% earlier than we had anticipated, setting the scene for a recovery in housing market activity in... 14th December 2023 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Update RICS Residential Market Survey (Nov. 23) Declining mortgage rates have already generated a significant improvement in demand, with the new buyer enquiries and sales expectations balances recording their strongest readings for over a year and... 13th December 2023 · 3 mins read
Canada Economic Outlook Further falls in GDP to trigger interest rate cuts Further declines in GDP in the coming quarters mean that the economy is unlikely to grow at all next year. Weak growth and a return in inflation to the 2% target will leave scope for the Bank of... 7th December 2023 · 14 mins read
UK Housing Market Rapid Response Halifax House Prices (Nov. 2023) The second consecutive monthly rise in the Halifax house price index in November mirrored the increase in the Nationwide index, confirming that house prices have not only stabilised, but are rising... 7th December 2023 · 3 mins read
UK Housing Market Rapid Response Nationwide House Prices (Nov. 23) The further small increase in the Nationwide house price index in November was unexpected and came on the heels of an even larger rise in October. It means house prices are on track to fall by just 2%... 1st December 2023 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Economics Weekly RBA has succeeded in stamping out housing rebound House price growth has been slowing in recent months and CoreLogic's daily data suggest that prices are now falling again in Melbourne and Sydney. A renewed downturn in the housing market suggests... 1st December 2023 · 6 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Data Response Australia CoreLogic House Prices (Nov.) House price growth kept slowing in Australia in November and, with affordability the most stretched since the early 1990s, that slowdown has further to run. 30th November 2023 · 3 mins read