What were the papers saying before, during and after the last house price crash?
SAT 02 OCT 1993 - The Times
Prices fall
House prices fell by 1 per cent in September, the first drop after six successive months of increases, the Nationwide building society will report on Monday.
WED 06 OCT 1993 - The Times
Annual rise in house prices
HOUSE prices are now higher than they were a year ago, according to figures for September from the Halifax building society which record a 1 per cent increase on the same month last year the first annual increase in nearly three years. Prices rose 0....
SUN 10 OCT 1993 - The Sunday Times
Tax change may hit house prices
WHICH way are house prices heading? The Halifax says up, Nationwide says down but both societies are keen to underplay the differences in their monthly surveys of house prices. The Halifax's September figures show house prices rose 0.3% last month, ...
TUE 12 OCT 1993 - The Times
Tay Homes knocked back by drop in house prices
INCREASED sales failed to prevent a drop in profits at Tay Homes, the Leeds housebuilder, in the 12 months to end-June. The number of homes sold increased from 1,030 to 1,107, but the average price went down from Pounds 64,900 to Pounds 61,000, hitti...
MON 01 NOV 1993 - The Times
Few houses can reach their lofty asking price
ESTATE agents cannot recall a house that has sold recently for more than Pounds 20 million. The nearest was the sale of Grove House in Regent's Park, central London. The Regency villa was previously owned by Jane Holmes a Court, the widow of the Aus...
WED 10 NOV 1993 - The Times
Put house price changes in RPIX
From Mr Adrian Cosker Sir, For the Bank of England to start favouring RPIX, an inflation measure ( Bank sounds hopeful note on inflation, November 3) that omits what for many families is the largest single item in their household budget, namely mortg...
SUN 05 DEC 1993 - The Sunday Times
House prices up;In today's other papers
LEADING housing analyst John Wriglesworth, of investment bank UBS, is predicting that house prices will rise 7% next year and transactions will increase by 10%, The Sunday Telegraph reports. ...
THU 16 DEC 1993 - The Times
House price boom predicted for 1994
HOUSE prices will rise by 19 per cent across the country next year, and by 25 per cent in the prime areas of London, according to the research department of Savills estate agent. Savills accurately predicted a fall of 8 per cent for prime central Lo...
FRI 17 DEC 1993 - The Times
Experts back forecast of big rise in house prices
PROPERTY experts yesterday backed a forecast that house prices will rise sharply next year. This week the estate agents Savills predicted rises of 19 per cent across the country and 25 per cent in prime London areas. Yesterday other estate agents ag...
WED 29 DEC 1993 - The Times
Gap in house prices narrows
THE gap in housing prices across the regions has narrowed significantly in the past year, according to a housing market survey published today. In its annual review of the UK housing market, the Halifax Building Society says that price differentials ...