A Year in the UK Housing Market
Interesting article her in the Times - A Year in Housing. It offers a look back at a roller coaster ride for the UK housing market.
Lookback at Housing market for 2007
Despite conservative predictions for house prices in 2007, the first 6 months saw unexpectedly large rises in house prices as as average house prices touched £200,000.
The main driving force behind the rise in house prices was a lack of supply coupled with a change in demographics and increase in number of households.
The rise in house prices of 11% occured despite 2 interest rate increases
The Summer of Discontent
Original post by Tejvan R Pettinger