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Pundits on balance point to flat house prices in 2010

2009-12-28T00:10:00Z

It's the time of the year for reflections, resolutions and prognostications. And what can be more fun than guessing the likely path of house prices?Well I can think of a few things. And I'm also left wondering why anyone would wish to state a house price forecast publicly and put ...

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Are expectations of inflation too low?

2009-11-18T08:59:00Z

Inflation is now on the way up. That was to be expected. As Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, keeps reminding us, we should expect inflation to be very volatile for some while.But, is it me or do the forecasts for inflation reaching a mini-peak at about 3% ...

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Mortgage lending a bit better but still pretty much on the floor

2009-05-01T11:39:00Z

The Bank of England's release on mortgage lending does show a futher slight rise for March.The figures show mortgage approvals for house purchases rose to 39,230 in March from 37,716 in February. And this puts the level of approvals reasonably well up from the bottom reached last November of 27,000.But ...