You can see the price rises during periods of credit expansion and
declines during periods of contraction. Nothing Darling does can change the
inevitability of further falls. He has two choices: to simply let prices
fall to the point where houses have become affordable again; or, the option
he appears to have taken, which is to devalue sterling, so the falls dont
seem so bad. But the net result the real value of houses - will be the
same.
http://www.propertyweek.com/Journals/Builder_Group/Property_Week/5_September_2008/attachments/HousePriceIndexAugust.pdf
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House prices in August were 10.9% lower on an annual basis.
The UK average price has returned to the level it was
at in February 2006.
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