Monday, Nov 17, 2008

RICS Housing market survey

RICS: Sales hit a new low but expectations of a recovery increase

Transactions fall further though lead activity indicators improve.

Posted by p. doff @ 05:13 PM (571 views) Add Comment

2 Comments

1. letthemfall said...

"The (seasonally adjusted) net balance of surveyors reporting falling rather than rising prices improved slightly from -84.5 to - 81.8 in October."

Reminds me of the Spike Milligan sketch: "The doctors only gave me 5 days to live, but since I started smoking Henson & Bodges, I've been told I have 6 days." "Henson & Bodges - gives you that little bit more".

Monday, November 17, 2008 05:43PM Report Comment
 

2. happyrenter said...

and without the seasonal adjustment it just gets worse and worse, from -91 in Sept to -93 in Oct - this seasoning must be much stronger than salt and pepper!

The comments at the end, even with Estate Agent bravado, demonstrate no recovery, no expectation of recovery, no time soon

I predict there will be another HPC - Hopeless Prediction Crash - as more of these adjusted stats unwind...

Monday, November 17, 2008 05:55PM Report Comment
 

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