Analysis Topic: Housing Market Price trends
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Tuesday, December 18, 2018
UK House Prices Momentum Forecast 2019 / Housing-Market / UK Housing
This analysis of UK house prices continues from Part 1 (UK House Prices 2019 No Deal BrExit 30% Crash Warning!) and was first made available to Patrons who support my work. So to get immediate First Access to ALL of my analysis and trend forecasts then do consider becoming a Patron by supporting my work for as little as just $3 per month. https://www.patreon.com/Nadeem_Walayat.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Ways to Improve the Value of Your Home / Housing-Market / Home Improvements
Property value now seems to finally be rising again, however there are also many ways you can improve this in your own homes. Here we cover ways to improve the value of your home.
Structural problems are always an issue for many homes and can lead to extra expenses down the road. Therefore it is important to identify these at an early stage and get them sorted. This could be done through redesigning the kitchen or bathroom areas. A few examples of regular problems include broken roof tiles, rotten timbers and even cracks in walls. Doors could also be damaged, so upgrading to a composite door would be a good investment moving forward and these are available here.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Making Money through Property Investment / Housing-Market / US Housing
When it comes to making money, there are various ways in which you can invest in order to get returns. People have their own preferences when it comes to the most suitable investments for them but one type of investment that has always proven popular and lucrative is property investment. Whether you are in it for the short term or the long haul, property investment provides a great means of making money.
People have their own ideas and preferences when it comes to making money from property investments. The great thing about this type of investment is that you can opt long term and short term investments with property. You should think carefully about which of these options is going to be right for you depending on your finances, preferences, and long terms goals.
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Monday, December 10, 2018
First Time Buyer Mortgage Fixed Rates Tumble to Record Lows / Housing-Market / Mortgages
Moneyfacts UK Mortgage Trends Treasury Report data, not yet published, shows the average two-year fixed rate at max 95% loan-to-value (LTV) is at a record low while the choice of all fixed rate products available at max 90% LTV is at its highest on record.
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Saturday, December 08, 2018
Rising US Home Prices and Falling Sales / Housing-Market / US Housing
Did you watch my video two Fridays ago? If not, check it out here. I explained how gold bugs are giving you dangerous advice about gold as an investment.But gold isn’t the only investment that people mistakenly make because they’re told the wrong thing.
Real estate is another one.
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Saturday, December 01, 2018
Bank of England Warns UK House Prices 30% BrExit Crash! / Housing-Market / UK Housing
This week saw the harbingers of the NO DEAL Brexit economic apocalypse set forth their forecasts of what awaited Britain following a No Deal exit from the European Union on the 29th of March. At the top of the doom merchants was the Canadian Governor of the Bank of England warning of a string of catastrophes for Britain where at the top of the doom list was a 30% CRASH in UK house prices. The following graph illustrates what the Bank of England's 30% crash in house prices would look like if it were to materialise post Brexit.
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Friday, November 30, 2018
UK House Prices 2019 No Deal BrExit 30% Crash Warning! / Housing-Market / UK Housing
Within hours of the UK Government publishing it's dire economic forecast of a NO DEAL BrExit resulting in a loss of 9% of GDP, albeit as a deviation from trend over 15 years. Britain's central bank, the Bank of England set forth it's own NO DEAL economic armageddon forecasts, warning of an immediate economic collapse on a scale twice that of the 2008 Financial Crisis. A 25% collapse in sterling, a collapse in GDP of 8%, inflation soaring to over 6.5% and a 30% CRASH in UK house prices. Though it should be noted that none of similar fear mongering pre EU referendum materialised as the UK economy continued to grow on a similar trend trajectory to what it was on as before the EU Referendum BrExit result.
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Saturday, November 24, 2018
Key factors to take in to account when buying your first home / Housing-Market / UK Housing
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Friday, November 23, 2018
Factors Behind Why People Move House / Housing-Market / UK Housing
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Thursday, November 15, 2018
Tory BrExit Chaos Cripples UK Economy, Wrecks Housing Market Confidence / Housing-Market / BrExit
It was all supposed to be so straight forward, the people of Britain vote in a referendum, the results of which the politicians then carry out. Unfortunately, as the latest saga in an unfolding 18 month long BrExit nightmare shows that the Governments implementation of Brexit is turning out disastrously which has had a confidence eroding effect on the UK economy and housing market.
The general public, me included have long since become bored to death with the relentless Tory infighting that the mainstream media obsess over, one of deal or no deal coverage in the count down to the final deadline, though where the EU is concerned they are experts at kicking the can down the road so don't be surprised to hear news that the deadlines have all been kicked some months or even a year down the road.
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Thursday, November 15, 2018
Buying Your First Home? Here’s How to Save Money / Housing-Market / US Housing
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018
UK Mortgage Five-year Fixed Rates Reache Two-year High / Housing-Market / Mortgages
Moneyfacts UK Mortgage Trends Treasury Report data, not yet published, shows the average five-year fixed rate has increased for the first time in four months, seeing this average reach its highest point in almost two years, effectively cancelling out any gains made in that time as a result.
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Monday, November 12, 2018
How "Free Money" Helped Create Sizzling Housing Market & REIT Gains / Housing-Market / US Housing
Housing prices and the associated REIT returns have worked very differently in the United States since the recession of 2001. The increasing financialization of the real estate markets by Wall Street, and the aggressive and unconventional interventions by the Federal Reserve over that time, have combined in multiplicative fashion to produce new and volatile sources of housing profits and losses.
One such change has been the creation of an extremely powerful profit engine for housing, that most real estate investors have not been taking into account. Indeed, there is a strong mathematical case to be made that "yield curve spread compression" has supported and enabled the substantial majority of housing price gains for homeowners and investors on a national average basis since the beginning of 2014.
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Thursday, November 08, 2018
Home Equity Release Interest Rates Are on the Rise / Housing-Market / UK Housing
The equity release market has continued to evolve, not only by allowing customers to release more equity from their homes, but also in terms of providers offering more flexibility, such as the inclusion of drawdown options.
While the equity release market is nowhere near as volatile as the residential mortgage market in terms of interest rate changes, it has not been left unscathed by recent cost increases. The latest analysis by Moneyfacts.co.uk reveals that over the last quarter, more than half of the 11 lenders in the lifetime mortgage market have increased interest rates within their range (Aviva, Hodge Lifetime, Just, LV=, Legal & General, Vernon Building Society).
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Monday, November 05, 2018
The Cycle Saving Home Buyers $3,000 Per Year Just Ran Out Of Fuel / Housing-Market / US Housing
Home buyers in every city and state have been benefiting from a powerful financial cycle for almost five years. Most people are not aware of this cycle, but it has lowered the average monthly mortgage payment for home buyers on a national basis by about $250 per month since the end of 2013.
The interest rate cycle in question is one of "yield curve spread" expansion and compression, with yield curve spreads being the difference between long term and short term interest rates. This interest rate spread has been going through a compression phase in its ongoing cycle, meaning that the gap between long term interest rates and short term interest rates has been falling sharply in recent years.
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Thursday, October 25, 2018
UK Average Mortgage Fee Highest in Over Five Years / Housing-Market / Mortgages
Remortgage activity is currently high as borrowers seek to get the best deal after the base rate rise. As a result, many providers are trying to look attractive as possible. However, although many lenders are reducing rates to appeal to remortgagors, this trend is not being seen for arrangement fees. In fact, the latest research from Moneyfacts.co.uk shows that average mortgage fees* are on the rise, increasing by £15 since August to stand at £1,005 this month – the highest average recorded in more than five years.
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Thursday, October 18, 2018
Average five-year Fixed BTL Mortgage Rate Lowest on Record / Housing-Market / Buy to Let
With significant change in the buy-to-let (BTL) market over the past few years, many landlords feel uncertain as to what the future holds for them and their investment. However, this nervousness has not deterred lenders, with the average five-year fixed rate falling to its lowest level on Moneyfacts.co.uk records this month.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Real Estate Transactions are Becoming Seamless with Blockchain-Powered Data Sets / Housing-Market / BlockChain
The availability, quality, reliability, and pricing of real estate data is one of the biggest challenges facing real estate stakeholders. A report published in the Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences suggest that “absence or inadequate reliable data will result in inappropriate decision or even no decision at all.”
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Sunday, October 07, 2018
Where Have the Affordable Homes Gone? / Housing-Market / US Housing
Bubbles are self-defeating. Their success is what eventually kills them.The same is true for cycles.
Take the urbanization cycle for example…
As a population urbanizes, people get wealthier. But more affluent urbanites have fewer kids and that slows future demographic growth for the next generation.
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Tuesday, September 04, 2018
UK Mortgage Market Split on Base Rate Hike / Housing-Market / Mortgages
A base rate rise can cause an element of uncertainty in the mortgage market, as it can often be difficult to predict how providers are likely to react to the news. Now, a month on from the Bank of England’s decision to increase the base rate to 0.75%, Moneyfacts.co.uk assesses the impact this rise has had on the mortgage market.
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