Porque despues de todo esto no nos vamos a creer que ya han llegado al suelo, no? Pero si parece que van avanzados en el proceso: False bottom, nacionalizacion de bancos, prestamos a empresas directamente desde el Estado. Ya estan aproximadamente en 6 salarios anuales por vivienda, o 3 si marido y mujer trabajan.

BBC NEWS | Business | House prices 'up 1.9% in January'


House prices 'up 1.9% in January'

The average price of UK homes rose by 1.9% in January from December's figure, according to the Halifax. However it warned that one month's figures did not indicate an end to the downward trend in prices, which it says have dropped 17.2% in the past year. The average house price has now reached £163,966, according to the Halifax.

Last week, a survey by Nationwide suggested house prices fell by 1.3% in January, and they said job worries were putting off people buying homes.

Martin Ellis, chief economist at the Halifax, said his bank's latest survey did not mean the property market had reached a turning point, after last year's dramatic slump in mortgage lending, completed sales and prices. "It's far too early to make any conclusion," he said. "The figures are going against the trend and our survey shows that if you compare the last three months to the previous three [months] then prices are still down significantly, by about 5%," he added.

Market experts are still agreed that prices will keep falling this year, probably until the economy stops shrinking, with continued restrictions on credit reducing the number of people taking out mortgages.

However earlier this month, the Bank of England reported that the number of new mortgages approved for home buyers had picked up slightly in December.

The 31,000 mortgage approvals were up from 27,000 in November, though they were still the second lowest figure on record.

Estate agents have also been reporting more would-be homebuyers registering with them, though so far these have not yet been converted into a consistent rise in sales.

"The Halifax report is consistent with the recent modest rise in activity as shown in our own surveys," said Brigid O'Leary, a senior economist at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics).

The Bank of England has been cutting the base rate sharply in recent months in an effort to stave off recession. It trimmed the rate further on Thursday, from 1.5% to 1%.

When simply comparing the average price in January with the average price a year ago, the Halifax survey suggests that prices are down by 16.8% from £197,243 in January 2008.

But the lender prefers to compare the average price for the past three months with the average price for the same period a year ago, which produces its current estimate of a 17.2% annual fall.

All Halifax's house price data is based on mortgage approvals.

ayer lo puse en el hilo de la agenda financiera semanal

Agenda financiera semana 2-6 de Febrero 2009

Habrá que ver el resto de sondeos que publiquen sobre la evolución de precios en Enero. Es extraño que tras tres meses de fuertes bajadas intramensuales, ahora repunte también con fuerza en un solo mes.
Si no me equivoco cada mes salen 3 índices de precios de vivienda en UK.

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Por lo pronto están volviendo a inflar la libra, al ritmo actual en 1 mes vuelve a estar en 0.65 respecto del euro.

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¿Que evolución se espera que tenga la libra los próximos meses con respecto al euro?.

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Es la maldición de Jim Rogers, como ya avisaron varios foreros. Ha sido decir el pavo "la libra se hunde, vendan todo lo que tengan UK", y ponerse a subir.

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