Brickonomics

Halifax figures dampen hopes of spring bounce in house prices

The Nationwide figures published yesterday provided some cheer for those selling homes with the announcement of a 0.9% rise in its house price index for March. That hope has been rather squashed with the Halifax today releasing figures suggesting the...

Posted by Brian on April 3, 2009 2:27 PM

Repossessions may be worse than in the 1990s crash

The ubiquitous Robert Peston in his blog suggests that the Council of Mortgage Lenders has advised ministers that repossessions could rise to 75,000 next year. That would mean a return to the bleak days of the early 1990s when repossessions...

Posted by Brian on December 3, 2008 4:18 PM

Is buy-to-let really screwed? No, according to the figures. But...

What is all this about the "particularly hard-hit buy-to-let market" I keep hearing about in reports about the demise of Bradford & Bingley? The thing is, I tend to follow the figures a bit and was not aware of any...

Posted by Brian on September 29, 2008 2:00 PM