Should banking institutions release predicted property......

[iandbeech]

....increases or decreases in value by regions?

EG, the Halifax released figures last week predicting falls in values for some areas and rises in others.

A few examples:

South East - 4%
London - 4%
Scotland + 10%

I wouldn`t go so far as to say these figures could manipulate values and buyers decisions to move to new areas, but I do feel it could influence decisions to a small degree.

What do you think?

>> Edited by iandbeech on Thursday 15th September 08:37

[mutt k]

I doubt amyone is guided by such figures. There will be aother lending institution along in a minute who will say something completely different. I think their figures are based only on the anount of business they do themselves. When they are all singing the same song is the time to worry imho!