Property Match (UK) blog:

House asking prices are up, down, all over the place, and way out of kilter with earnings, across the UK, because estate agents aren’t being ‘clean’ about what achievable prices are. Instead they simply tend to force them further upwards, in an effort to continue to fill their windows; while the market collapses.
We’ve had [...]

Today is a poignant day to publish a statement about remembering the ills of the past and also to acknowledge the continual need for change for the better, in our modern society.
Unlike James Murdoch, Chairman of News International and the hacking scandal perhaps, we are actively wishing to rid the world of another scourge of [...]

So, what could estate agents do to restore activity in the housing market?
To my mind, first of all, unless houses are priced within the valuation range, and well-presented, why would they ever sell – except by some kind of fluke!
For my money, it’s the estate agent’s ‘job’ to make sure that each house they are [...]

We’re looking for an edge, to offer a better service, than that currently provided by estate agents. That is why we have developed this web site.
Our stance is to embrace ‘valuation techniques’ to a greater extent than estate agents do and thus help people to price houses more accurately in the marketplace.
The purpose of [...]

Average asking prices are currently £231,543 whereas average sold prices are £164,000 (recent Land Registry figures). What does this say about current house-marketing methods by estate agents??? Something urgently needs to be done to correct this appalling mismatch, which is crippling the housing market by driving buyers away, just when they are [...]

Those who say that the current way in which queues of people are organised prior to embarking passenger planes is just fine are wrong!
A prominent mathematician recently came up with a much improved order, for passengers to embark aeroplanes; thus saving valuable time for everyone in the process. Will anyone actually take him up [...]

Last updated: 20 Aug 2011:
We are attempting to project likely outcomes for the housing market, by looking ahead of the curve and into the future.
Now that the USA has had its credit rating downgraded and the Euro is at maximum stretch for survival, what are the real prospects for house prices in the UK?
Financially, times [...]