The London housing market hasn’t looked this bad since 2009, with the capital’s housing prices posting the first annual decline in almost a decade, according to the Nationwide Building Society.
Average house prices posted 2 percent annual gain in September, according to Bloomberg, in comparison to a year ago when the annual gain was 5 percent.
“London has seen a particularly marked slowdown,” said Nationwide’s chief economist Robert Gardner to Bloomberg.
The cause of the slow is generally blamed on Brexit, however analysts claim there is cause for optimism: GfK says consumer confidence is on the upswing, while Lloyd’s Bank saw business confidence rise from its lowest point.
TRD reported this summer that the sky high prices London is known for may be a thing of the past — and what’s London’s loss might become New York’s gain. [Bloomberg] — E.K. Hudson