Thursday, Apr 01, 2010

Its the snow wot dunnit!

Bloomberg: U.K. Mortgage Demand May Increase in Second Quarter, BOE Says

"U.K. banks expect demand for mortgages to increase in the second quarter as the end of the longest cold snap in 30 years renews interest in the housing market, the Bank of England said".

Posted by alan @ 04:48 PM (745 views) Add Comment

6 Comments

1. timmy t said...

I would expect the demand to be for re-mortgaging and fixing before the inevitable rate increases start.

Thursday, April 1, 2010 05:08PM Report Comment
 

2. paul said...

Is it really the job of the Bank of England to ramp and speculate like this?

Thursday, April 1, 2010 05:10PM Report Comment
 

3. inbreda said...

only if it isnt independent

Thursday, April 1, 2010 05:50PM Report Comment
 

4. tpbeta said...

y'know it could just be it was the snow. I'd wait for the trend before opening the HPC bubble

Thursday, April 1, 2010 06:07PM Report Comment
 

5. 51ck-6-51x said...

paul, they are not really ramping they conducted one of their regular member surveys.

Thursday, April 1, 2010 06:58PM Report Comment
 

6. who stole my pension? said...

Its just like British Rail - an excuse for every occasion! Next it will be leaves on the pavement preventing people from getting to the banks!

Friday, April 2, 2010 03:17AM Report Comment
 

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