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• The stagnant housing market: More a problem of first-time movers than first-time buyers

  First-time buyers are increasingly becoming trapped in their first-time homes and unable to move on to homes that better suit their needs. That at least is the implication of some figures that caught my eye recently when I was looking though some data... Posted Nov 10 2009, 08:41 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: housing market, housing policy, inflation, interest rates, property transactions, first-time buyers, Richard Donnell, Hometrack, Council of Mortgage Lenders, Housing Market Intelligence, first-time movers

• House building figures show huge jump in starts and completions

  There were two big boosts in the numbers released today for house builders. First, the latest Government data on homes built in England are by far the best for more than a year with a massive leap in the quarter to June. Second, gross mortgage lending... Posted Aug 20 2009, 12:45 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: mortgages, housing market, house building, housing starts, housing completions, mortgage approvals, Council of Mortgage Lenders

• CML provides further evidence of the housing market becoming more buoyant

  The Council of Mortgage Lenders today adds yet more weight to the view that the housing market is in a period of stability if not growth. Its June figures show a 23% increase in the number of home loans over the past month taking the total to a level... Posted Aug 11 2009, 11:03 AM by Brickonomics Filed under: mortgages, housing market, Council of Mortgage Lenders

• Housing market medicine working, says CML

  The latest forecast from the Council of Mortgage Lenders paints a more positive outlook for the housing market than it did when it last forecast in December. It now thinks repossessions this year will hit 65,000, 10,000 fewer than previously thought,... Posted Jun 22 2009, 02:49 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: housing market, property transactions, mortgage approvals, Council of Mortgage Lenders, repossessions

• Homes sales continued to perk up in April, but it's too early to call it a recovery

  The official figures for property transactions will make comforting reading in April for those selling homes. They seem consistent with the prevailing view that the housing market, in terms of sales and not prices, is showing some signs of bouncing back... Posted May 22 2009, 10:47 AM by Brickonomics Filed under: mortgages, house prices, housing market, property transactions, Easter, Council of Mortgage Lenders