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Posted on March 1, 2007. Filed under: buying property, buying real estate, mortgage, property, real estate, real estate agent, real estate forecasts, real estate in Europe, real estate market, real estate news, real estate report |
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In the UK, there are at least three top companies which spew out in-depth reports and forecasts on real estate and housing trends. These are Halifax, Nationwide, and Hometrack. Halifax said that the average home in the UK “rose by 9.9% last year to reach £186,035. They have also predicted a further rise in 2007 of 4%.” Nationwide stated that it “rose by 10.5%, in 2006, to £173,746, and they have forecast a rise of 7% in 2007.” Whereas Hometrack declared that UK homes‘ cost rose by 5.7% last year to £170,100.
Elswhere, the National Association of Estate Agents chief executive Peter Bolton-King predicts that there will be a 5% growth for 2007.
However, The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyor determine that the prices rose by 8% last year and predicts a further 7% increase for 2007.
This may at some point coincide with reports that UK and the rest of Northern Europe will continue to experience real estate boom. Note, however, that the RICS says that last year housing affordability deteriorated by 14% and a first-time buyer couple would now need to save £32,800 to buy a home.
The bottom line is that experts do not see a double-digit increase on house prices.
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Carry trade is defined as The speculation strategy that borrows an asset at one interest rate, sells the asset, then invests those funds into a different asset that generates a higher interest rate yield. Profit is acquired by the difference between the cost of the borrowed asset and the yield on the purchased asset.
There’s an echo among real estate forums lately that Japanese increasing rate versus the declining value of Japanese Yen may greatly affect the yen-carry trade. According to the latest Reuters report, however, “high risk yen carry trades exploiting Japan’s low interest rates are in no danger of losing their appeal as long as Japanese monetary policy remains predictable and financial market volatility stays low.”
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