House prices soar

House prices soar - 1997 - Guardian 1 April 1997, 6 Times 28 March 1997, 25 Financial Times 2 April 1997, 1 Daily Telegraph 2 April 1997, 33(3) .

Latest house price surveys published by the Halifax, Nationwide and Birmingham Midshires Building Societies indicate a return to a North-South divide in the housing market with gazumping becoming a problem in London and the South East. The Legal & General is playing down the fear of an emerging boom and bust cycle as seen in the late 1980s.


BIRMINGHAM MIDSHIRES BUILDING SOCIETY V RICHARD PAMPLIN AND CO
BOOM AND BUST CYCLES
GAZUMPING
HALIFAX BUILDING SOCIETY
HOUSE PRICES
NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY
NORTH SOUTH DIVIDE
PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS