RICS 2008 housing market forecast [electronic resource]

RICS 2008 housing market forecast [electronic resource] - 2007 - RICS UK Housing Market Forecast 2007 .

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.


RICS UK HOUSING MARKET FORECAST


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