House Prices May Dip Again
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
The housing market may take another dip as potential buyers struggle to get mortgages according to Bank of England policy maker Kate Barker.
The global credit crisis saw house prices in the UK drop by 20% at the lowest point as banks wary of risking new lending withdrew from the market and confidence was dented.
The market has however come back strongly since hitting bottom.
Barker, who has penned reviews of Britain’s housing supply and planning for the government and helps to set the interest rate said she had been surprised by the rebound.
“It seems more likely than not to me that mortgage finance is clearly not going to be available going forward on the terms it used to be,” Barker told MPs. (more…)

