Friday, April 30, 2004 

Bloomberg.com: UK May Be Unable to Prevent House-Price Slump A UK house-price slump is becoming increasingly likely, and there's little that policy makers can do to prevent it, the National Institute of Economic & Social Research said.

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Thursday, April 29, 2004 

BBC NEWS | Business | UK housing boom in renewed surge The UK's housing boom showed no sign of slowing down in April, with house prices rising by more than £100 a day.
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BBC NEWS | UK | 'More extended families' in homes Rising housing costs mean the number of homes containing three generations of a family will treble in the next 20 years, a building society claims.
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Wednesday, April 28, 2004 

BBC NEWS | Business | Brown 'to hint at rate increase' Chancellor Gordon Brown is expected on Wednesday to say economic stability and discipline in monetary policy are his top priorities.
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Tuesday, April 27, 2004 

BBC NEWS | Business | Britons get mortgage risk warning Britons could be at risk of losing their homes because too few have adequate savings or insurance, an official report has warned.
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ThisisLondon: Brown warned: don't hide £100bn GORDON Brown faces an embarrassing high-profile clash with the International Monetary Fund over £100 billion of borrowing that he has managed to keep off the Government's books.
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Monday, April 26, 2004 

BBC NEWS | Business | Two years of UK growth predicted Economic growth in the UK will return to rates not seen for five years, an influential group of economists says.
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Sunday, April 25, 2004 

BBC NEWS | Business | Brown dismisses house price crash Britain will not see a housing crash while the cost of servicing debt in relation to incomes remains low, Gordon Brown has said.
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Friday, April 23, 2004 

BBC NEWS | Business | UK economy still roaring ahead The UK economy is gathering pace, and looks set for a robust performance this year, output figures have shown.
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Thursday, April 22, 2004 

BBC NEWS | Business | Consumer debt continues to soar Mortgage lending in Britain surged ahead in March as consumers' appetite for debt showed little sign of easing.
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ThisisLondon:First-time buyers give up hope MORE than a third of would-be first-time buyers have given up hope of purchasing their own home for at least a year, research showed today.
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Wednesday, April 21, 2004 

ThisisLondon: First-time buyers give up hope MORE than a third of would-be first-time buyers have given up hope of purchasing their own home for at least a year, research showed today.
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BBC NEWS | Business | Rates will have to rise, says Fed Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has said the US economy is in vigorous expansion and may need higher interest rates to keep inflation at bay.
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BBC NEWS | Business | Greenspan causes interest fears Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has said the US economy appears to have turned the corner, and that deflation is no longer a threat.
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Tuesday, April 20, 2004 

Ananova - Surprise fall in inflation rate The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) fell to 1.1% in March from 1.3% in the previous month, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Yahoo Finance: House Prices Continue To Surge Ahead The housing market continued to race ahead during March with prices rising at their fastest rate since October 2002.
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Monday, April 19, 2004 

Landlords begin to opt for high sales returns The lettings market continues to live in the shadow of a very buoyant sales market, Hamptons International says. Landlords are considering all options when it comes to getting a better return on their investment properties.
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Landlords begin to opt for high sales returns The lettings market continues to live in the shadow of a very buoyant sales market, Hamptons International says. Landlords are considering all options when it comes to getting a better return on their investment properties.
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BBC NEWS | Business | UK house price growth 'doubles' UK house prices are rising at twice the rate they did in 2003, a survey by property website Rightmove has said.
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The Observer | Business | Fresh fears of crash in house prices: Fears that the UK property market is developing a dangerous pricing bubble will be reinforced this week with the publication of three reports showing that house prices are booming again.
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The Observer | Business | Fresh fears of crash in house prices: Fears that the UK property market is developing a dangerous pricing bubble will be reinforced this week with the publication of three reports showing that house prices are booming again.
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Sunday, April 18, 2004 

ThisisLondon: Fresh fears of house-price crash FEARS that the UK property market is developing a dangerous pricing bubble will be reinforced this week with the publication of three reports showing that house prices are booming again, the Observer reports.
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ThisisLondon: Fresh fears of house-price crash FEARS that the UK property market is developing a dangerous pricing bubble will be reinforced this week with the publication of three reports showing that house prices are booming again, the Observer reports.
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The Guardian | Rate rise likely as employment hits record high: If increases in workers' incomes translate into inflationary pressure, the Bank of England will be expected to increase rates further to stay within the inflation targets.
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Saturday, April 17, 2004 

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Can a crash be averted? It's not the unprecedented increase in house prices but the associated build-up of personal debt that poses the greatest economic danger
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Thursday, April 15, 2004 

Bank warns of big drop in house prices Fears of a housing crash grew today after another big name in the City predicted a major fall in the price of homes.
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BBC NEWS | Business | Credit card debt 'still soaring' Credit card debt has risen by nearly two thirds over the last four years - in 1999, the average debt was £719.
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Wednesday, April 14, 2004 

BBC NEWS | Business | US inflation rise worries markets US inflation is rising faster than expected, increasing the possibility of a rise in interest rates.
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BBC NEWS | Business | US retail sales growth speeds up How long US interest rates will remain at 1% is uncertain, however, with the Federal Reserve warning on a number of occasions over the last few months that rates will have to start rising sooner or later.
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Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Official data show house prices falling House prices fell 1% in February, lopping £1,600 off the value of an average home, according to government figures that contradict upbeat data from mortgage lenders.
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Tuesday, April 13, 2004 

BBC NEWS | Business | House prices stumble in February House prices fell 1% during February, according to the latest figures from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
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Monday, April 12, 2004 

FT.com Home UK House prices are set for a dramatic crash, according to the prominent City fund manager who earned the nickname "Dr Doom" when he prematurely forecast the end of the dotcom bubble.


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BBC NEWS | Business | Wales tops house price rise list Four of the top 10 counties which experienced the biggest gains were in Wales, Halifax mortgage lenders found.
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Sunday, April 11, 2004 

BBC NEWS | Programmes | Moneybox | First-time buyer blues The programme will be repeated on Sunday, 11 April, 2004, at 2102 BST. Economists keep warning us it cannot go on. But it does. Prices rose by 15.4% in 2003 alone.
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Saturday, April 10, 2004 

Independent News Business property recession is over, claim surveyors
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Thursday, April 08, 2004 

Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage: "LONDON (Reuters) - Personal bankruptcies pose a growing threat to the housing boom and rising interest rates could leave more consumers struggling to pay their debts, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has warned."
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BBC NEWS | Business | UK interest rates on hold at 4% Economists said the Bank's decision to resist a third rate rise since November was finely balanced.
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** BREAKING NEWS **


INTEREST RATES HELD AT 4%

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It's that time of the month again, the MPC interest rate decision.....at 12pm today. It could go either way but the House Price Crash team are confident of a 0.25% rise to 4.25%.......but will the MPC surprise everyone again?
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Wednesday, April 07, 2004 

BBC NEWS | Business | Rate decision 'too close to call' Experts are divided over whether UK interest rates will be raised at the latest meeting of the Bank of England's rate-setting committee.
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BBC NEWS | Business | House buyers 'spend £449m a day' An average of £449m was spent each day last year by people in England and Wales buying homes, according to research from Clear Cut Mortgages.
posted by Webmaster  @ 9:46 AM

Tuesday, April 06, 2004 

Independent>Money Are we heading for a crash?
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Monday, April 05, 2004 

Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage: "London's housing supply set to soar"
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Sunday, April 04, 2004 

Meet Mr Average: worth £82,400 and a hostage to house prices New report reveals that the rising fortunes of Britons aren't built on solid foundations.
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Saturday, April 03, 2004 

Independent>Property: "From a croft in Skye to a semi in Scarborough: what £150,000 will buy you around the UK"
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Scotsman.com Business - Top Stories - Home equity withdrawal exceeds late 1980s boom CONSUMERS are now even more dependent on extracting cash from their homes than at the peak of the late 1980s housing boom, the Bank of England revealed yesterday.

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Find a Property - House Prices Race Ahead: "UK house prices soared by 2.2% in March, taking the price of an average property through the £150,000 barrier for the first time... "
posted by Webmaster  @ 11:29 AM

Friday, April 02, 2004 

BBC NEWS | Business | House price surge gathers pace The rise means the average property now costs £151,467, the Halifax said.
posted by Webmaster  @ 9:25 AM

Thursday, April 01, 2004 

Home Equity Withdrawals New Record Britons withdrew a record amount of equity from their homes during the final quarter of the year as their confidence in the housing market remained high.
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BBC NEWS | Business | Euro interest rate left unchanged
The ECB is responsible for monetary policy in the eurozone
The borrowing rate in the 12-state eurozone is to stay at 2% for April despite calls for reduced rates to help kick-start economic growth.
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BBC NEWS | Business Why euro rate cuts are unlikely
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Executive Intelligence Review: "Housing Boom: `History's First
Global Property Bust' Coming?"
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