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House prices fall more severe than expected, says Knight Frank
The agency's head of residential research, Tom Bill, says it has revised its prediction for this year from a 5% fall to 7%, with another drop of 4% in 2024.
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AGENT BLOG: The ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ moment has not yet arrived
Knight Frank’s Tom Bill says that while Nationwide reported a -5% fall in house prices average prices in prime central London declined by just 1.4%.
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Bank of England boss casts doubt on future interest rates
Andrew Bailey hinted to MPs this week that the Bank is through with lifting interest rates and stressed inflation was on course for a ‘marked’ decline.
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‘Bank of England will hike rates despite falling inflation’
The fall was driven by a reduction in the energy price cap and food prices but services inflation which the bank monitors rose to 7.4% from 7.2%.
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AGENT BLOG: Mortgage mayhem affecting prime market too
Knight Frank’s Tom Bill says government has created a chaotic lending market over the last 11 months that has unsettled buyers and sellers.
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INDUSTRY REACTION: Base rate raised to 5.25%
Warnings went unheeded by Governor Andrew Bailey and Monetary Policy Committee that another rate rise would risk damaging the UK’s fragile economy.
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Interest rates are expected to be cranked up today – but is that the right thing to do?
Trevor Abrahmsohn says it is folly to increase interest rates today without giving the last 13 increases a chance to make their full effect felt.
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WARNING: Interest rates to stay higher for longer with recession forecast – claim
Schroders is forecasting recession and says that the surprise 0.5% hike in Base Rate suggests the Bank of England is far from getting on top of inflation.
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Landlords call for mortgage interest relief to be reintroduced
On the back of the interest rate hike, landlords are calling for the reintroduction of mortgage interest relief in full and for housing benefit rates to be unlocked.
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LATEST: Interest rate rise today ‘almost certain’ as inflation sticks at 8.7%
The rate of price rises has remained stuck at 8.7% despite a slight decrease expected by economists which would have gone some way to buoy the jittery housing market.
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