10 Mar 2010 [0 Comments | 106 views]
Last month was a tricky one for the housing market. Both the Nationwide and Halifax had prices down. The Bank of England’s latest data on mortgage approvals showed a sharp drop, and Hometrack was full of negativity sentiments. But then again, you can’t read much into one month’s worth of data. The snow may have been the
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1 Mar 2010 [0 Comments | 151 views]
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8 Mar 2010 [0 Comments | 187 views]
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