Housing market ends year on a high

Housing market ends year on a high - 2000 - Financial Times 30/31 December 2000, 2(1) .

Considers the implications of the Nationwide building society's recently released house price and mortgage lending data. Its index of house prices rose 1.2% in December. The data indicates a return to steady increases in the value of houses, easing recent fears of a prolonged slowdown.


NATIONWIDE HOUSE PRICE INDEX
HOUSE PRICES
MORTGAGE LENDING