Main image: One of the earliest examples of an asset price bubble was the frenzy in the market for Dutch tulip bulbs in the seventeenth century — the so-called “Tulipmania”.
What economics has to say about housing bubbles
'Intuitively, a bubble (and this applies to any asset, not just real estate) exists when the price of an asset is over-inflated relative to some benchmark. And here’s the rub: no one can agree on what that benchmark should be'
‘Drastic changes’ needed ‘to fix Britain’s broken housing market’ – NAEA & ARLA
"The news is bleak" says the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) and National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) as it forecasts that home ownership will fall by 7% in the coming decade…
Total UK housing value jumped by nearly £500bn in 2016, but the landscape is shifting
The UK's £6.8tr housing stock is now worth 3.65 times Britain's GDP, says Savills
The Homes Front: Problems & policies of the UK housing market
Charging Capital Gains Tax on homes would be a significant improvement on the current stamp duty regime, argues the National Institute of Economic & Social Research's Dr Angus Armstrong in a thorough…
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Knight Frank cuts UK house price forecasts again
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Chestertons & Aston Chase owner buys another London agency
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US buyers drive £16mn of deals at luxury Mayfair scheme
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Mapped: How prices & rents have shifted across London’s top neighbourhoods so far this year
Latest data shows sales values falling across most PCL areas, with sharper drops in some of the most exclusive markets.
Agency lands trio of north London penthouse rental deals
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