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House prices lower in 2016 than today – City traders are putting money on it

House prices lower in 2016 than today – City traders are putting money on it

If the City traders in residential derivatives have their fingers on the pulse of how house prices are likely to move then by 2016 the average home will be worth less than today. The index Future HPI, put together by Peter Sceats & Associates, provides an index of residential derivatives trades and it puts the average price of a house in December 2016 measured against the Halifax index at £159,076. That’s £2,394 less than the average non-seasonally adjusted house price…

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Forecasters expect a fall in house prices in 2011

Forecasters expect a fall in house prices in 2011

We are beginning to see the end of year-ish reading of the runes for the housing market result in a series of forecasts for price movements in 2011. On balance the forecasts point to a drop, mainly on the back of fears over unemployment rising along with concerns among some economists about the start of rising interest rates in the year. Here is a selected list of recent forecasts listed from the more bullish to more bearish, with their last year punts…

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Future’s traders see long slump in house prices

Future’s traders see long slump in house prices

House prices will be lower than today at least until the end of 2014. That is the balance of the views of City folk who trade in residential derivatives. The index Future HPI, put together by Peter Sceats & Associates, provides an index of residential derivatives trades and it puts the average price of a house in December 2014 measured against the Halifax index at £157,224. That is about £6,000 less than the average non-seasonally adjusted price measured by Halifax in November….

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