Blog: Which way now for the housing market?

Typically, there is at least one person who has made a ‘killing' having bought their house at the bottom of the market. And, of course, there are a few who squirm uncomfortably knowing that they are flirting with negative equity.But with the raft of recent data released about the fluctuations of house prices, it will be particularly interesting to eavesdrop on the views aired at dinner parties now. This time last year there were few people who would have predicted that house price growth would accelerate as quickly as it did over the last year, and that recovery was indeed surprising giv...