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UK Home Prices Hit All-Time-Highs As BOE Sees “No Bubble” | Zero Hedge

UK Home Prices Hit All-Time-Highs As BOE Sees “No Bubble” | Zero Hedge. (FULL ARTICLE)

U.K. house prices rose to a record last month as easier access to credit drove first-time buyers back to the market. As Bloomberg reports, the second phase of the government’s Help to Buy program was introduced this week, providing government-guaranteed mortgages to buyers with smaller deposits. The acceleration has fueled further concerns that the initiative may stoke a bubble. But have no fear…

  • *BOE’S CUNLIFFE SAYS U.K. HOUSING NEEDS TO BE WATCHED CAREFULLY
  • *CUNLIFFE SAYS DOESN’T AGREE U.K. IS ENTERING A HOUSING BUBBLE

What could go wrong? – “Demand has increased significantly in a short space of time, and raced ahead of the supply of homes.” Now where have we heard that before?

Via Bloomberg,

U.K. house prices rose to a record last month as easier access to credit drove first-time buyers back to the market, Acadametrics said….

 

 

 

Housing Market Had Major Correction, Nobody Noticed: Royal LePage

Housing Market Had Major Correction, Nobody Noticed: Royal LePage. (FULL ARTICLE)

What if Canada had a housing market correction and no one noticed?

That’s what real estate expert Phil Soper says has played out over the past year: the sharpest decline in home sales since the Great Recession.

“Canada experienced a significant housing market correction over the last four quarters that most in the nation missed entirely,” Soper, president and CEO of Royal LePage, said in the company’s third-quarter report.

“Many regions experienced dramatic slowdowns in the number of homes trading hands, but news of double-digit unit sales declines went largely unnoticed, over-shadowed by a macabre fascination with the prospect of a U.S.-style home price collapse, which of course never transpired.”

Until recently, Toronto and a number of other major markets experienced a sales slump, but little to no decline in prices. The number of homes for sale also dropped during that time as sellers also stepped aside, keeping pricing stable….

 

Bob Shiller Warns “None Of This Is Real; The Housing Market Has Become Very Speculative” | Zero Hedge

Bob Shiller Warns “None Of This Is Real; The Housing Market Has Become Very Speculative” | Zero Hedge.

 

House Prices Canada: Teranet Index Hits All-Time High Despite Efforts To Cool Market

House Prices Canada: Teranet Index Hits All-Time High Despite Efforts To Cool Market.

 

Buy-to-let fuels house price boom | Money | The Guardian

Buy-to-let fuels house price boom | Money | The Guardian.

 

Why are home prices so high and when will they fall? – Business – CBC News

Why are home prices so high and when will they fall? – Business – CBC News.

The Most Over/Under-Valued Housing Markets In The World | Zero Hedge

The Most Over/Under-Valued Housing Markets In The World | Zero Hedge.

 

Testosterone Pit – Home – US Housing Bubble II: Euphoria And Other Shenanigans

Testosterone Pit – Home – US Housing Bubble II: Euphoria And Other Shenanigans.

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