From Realtor Magazine Online, Daily Real Estate News January 2, 2009
Americans aren’t the only ones struggling with falling home prices and slowing sales.
The price of homes in Britain fell by nearly 9 percent in 2008 and they are likely to fall further in 2009, says housing analyst Hometrack’s monthly national housing survey.
U.K. home prices fell 8.7 percent in 2008 to 159,900 pounds, about $235,694. Prices fell the most in London, where the decline averaged 10.1 percent.
Hometrack’s director of research Richard Donnell predicts that Britain’s house prices will fall still more in 2009.
"The onset of recession and the prospect of rising unemployment over 2009 will continue to damp confidence and in turn demand, which will inevitably lead to further house price falls over the next 12 months," said Donnell.
Source: The Associated Press (12/29/2008)
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