Today’s report from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows a rise in buyer enquiries, a rise in sales agreed, more optimism among surveyors about house prices, and a fall in stock levels.
I had a chat with our statisticians this morning, and our own numbers echo this:
•    In April, enquiries to estate agents were up [...]

The latest survey from The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) reveals that there are plenty of hungry buyers out there circling the market, but very few are actually taking a bite.
But with prices still falling, and rates low it’s surely only a matter of time before all that interest translates into sales. Isn’t it? [...]

The housing market has had a torrid time of it this year, but how will it fare in 2009?
Will prices keep falling? And how long for? Will rate cuts boost transaction levels?
Click the link below to let us know your housing market predictions for 2009:
What Will Happen To The Housing Market In 2009?

Cadbury’s recently bucked the trend of most other businesses when they announced their profits were up by 11 per cent over the last quarter.
There’s got to be a connection between that and the general gloom that’s going around, surely?
We might not be able to heat our homes anymore but goddammit, we can still afford the [...]