Designs on Property
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Kate Faulkner: Brexit freezes the housing market
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the property indices. Kate Faulkner says: “Nearly all the indices are heading to a zero increase year on year” as homebuyers wait… wait… and see…
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Kate’s latest house price index analysis
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “Many agents will have a tricky task over the coming months to encourage sellers to put their properties on the market for the right price, rather than what they think their property should achieve.”
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A window of opportunity?
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the monthly property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “Demand and supply seem to be doing well, so far this year and first time buyers could be in luck.”
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Kate Faulkner asks if 2017 will be a good year for agents
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the monthly property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “Local demand and supply factors have a dramatic impact on the huge variations in towns’ and cities’ year-on-year growth.”
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Housing market treading water
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the monthly property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “There’s mixed feedback from the industry as Brexit fears discourage movers.”
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House price growth: the only way is up… or is it?
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the monthly property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “The number of properties coming onto the market is likely to be restricted.”
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Crowded house
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the monthly property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “Supply is probably the single most feared issue in the property market. Buyer demand is strong, but the supply simply isn’t coming through. Agents may have to find ways of attracting new instructions.”
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Frozen Britain
Report Headlines Rightmove: “Home-owner confidence sets the scene for higher prices in 2016.” NAEA: “Sales to first time buyers highest in six years.” RICS: “No easing in supply constraint.” Nationwide: “Slight softening in house price growth in November.” Home.co.uk: “Stock of property for sale hits new low.” Hometrack: “Prices accelerate in large regional cities.” Land Registry: “October data shows a monthly price increase of 0.4 per cent.” Kate says: “The property market used to be relatively easy to predict from a business perspective. Things were often quiet for the first few weeks of January then the rush began to the end of May, quiet-ish summers, a flurry of activity post summer holidays and a quietening down to Christmas. Not anymore! Since the credit crunch, from one month to the next, we are never quite sure what is going to happen. This difficulty in forecasting the short and long term future of the property market from an industry perspective is now exacerbated by one government housing announcement after another, many of which are being made at too short notice, causing mayhem in the market! The main game changer though, is that both George Osborne (Chancellor) and Mark Carney (Governor of the…
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