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How much further could house prices fall?


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House prices will continue to fall, says an influential poll of estate agents. 

The latest survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors found that buyer demand is declining and fewer homes are coming to the market.

Meanwhile, Halifax’s latest house price figures show a £14,000 drop compared to the recent peak in August 2022 and 4.7 per cent fall in the year to the end of September, the largest since 2009. 

So, how much further could they fall and are buyers in danger of trying to time the market? Will there be a big pause before a general election next year?

Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce discuss the age old favourite of house prices.

This week has also seen the Bank of England sound the alarm over 35 year mortgages – should we be concerned?

Skipton Building Society launches a headline mortgage rate of 3.35 per cent. What’s the catch? It comes as its rival Nationwide has new best buy home loan rates. Could mortgage deals continue to fall?

And we look at the top up-and-coming areas for first-time buyers: Does your area make the cut? Spoiler: it features Hull, Middlesbrough and Ipswich.
DIY investors went on a gilt-buying spree in September - shunning the stock market and savings accounts. 
The UK government bonds were paying as little as 0.125 per cent last month – so why were they getting involved? 
Hargreaves Lansdown is launching a basic, no-frills pension for those who want an easy way to invest for retirement but aren’t quite sure how to get started.
They are the first Sipp provider to give details after regulators said they had to offer customers a 'default' option by the start of December. Will it make Sipps sexy enough to the self-employed? 
Shrinkflation, bogus loyalty card savings and variable prices in supermarkets... we’re fed up with the lot of them. Are you? 

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Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen Crane

Producer: Georgie Frost

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