Summary
As the election looms, homeowners and new buyers will be hoping that whoever takes power can deliver low borrowing rates and more affordable first-time homes.
UK-wide house prices rose 1.1% in March according to the Halifax House Price Index published last week. However, not everyone is confident that the housing market will continue to pick-up. Howard Archer, economist at HIS Global Insight, said: "The Halifax data reinforces our suspicion that house prices will be erratic in 2010, and we still suspect that prices may very well be no better than flat over the year."See the full content of this document
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Affordable Homes and Low Rates a Key Concern in Election
Ed Stansfield from research group Capital Economics believes the slight rise in house prices in recent months has weakened affordability, and, with unemployment set to rise, prices will fall again - perhaps by 10% - before the end of the 2010.
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