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RICS 2008 housing market forecast [electronic resource]

By: Language: English Series: RICS UK Housing Market Forecast ; 2007Publication details: 2007Subject(s): LOC classification:
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Online resources: Summary: Predicts a difficult year for the housing market. The weakness in house price indices is likely to appear in the DCLG index. This will result in finance being harder to obtain. However, a meaningful retreat in house prices should be avoided by two macro-economic drivers. These are a fall in the interest rate structure and a lack of significant failure in the employment market. Unemployed claim levels are at their lowest in thirty years. Acknowledges a significant fall in confidence towards the housing market among both the public and surveyors, despite a relatively positive economy.
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Predicts a difficult year for the housing market. The weakness in house price indices is likely to appear in the DCLG index. This will result in finance being harder to obtain. However, a meaningful retreat in house prices should be avoided by two macro-economic drivers. These are a fall in the interest rate structure and a lack of significant failure in the employment market. Unemployed claim levels are at their lowest in thirty years. Acknowledges a significant fall in confidence towards the housing market among both the public and surveyors, despite a relatively positive economy.