The Knight Frank Global House Price Index shows pretty much what everyone in the industry expected. Dubai and Singapore show the largest drops in value, with more stable housing markets performing better than those affected by the recent credit boom and subsequent housing bubble, and the decline looking to continue for the foreseeable future. Key points of the report are from Knight Frank’s press release:
Numis Securities, a City investment bank, expects amateur buy-to-let landlords to begin “panic selling,” their investment properties as house values continue to decline in the UK, causing the average home value to fall below £100,000. Their recent report stated:
More on British Property Prices could fall another 55 percent
The Federal Reserve just released its latest figures on credit standards and credit demand. The “Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices,” in the words of the Fed, is designed to shed some light on “changes in the standards and terms of the banks’ lending and the state of business and household demand for loans.”
More on Federal Reserve bank officer survey shows standards continue to tighten
