RICS房产市场调查报告-2007年12月.pdf

RICS Economics December 2007 RICS housing market survey December 2007 1 RICS housing market survey United Kingdom Price balance drops further into negative territory • Price balance most negative since November 1992 Price changes in England and Wales • Declines in buyer enquiries ease back for third % balance of surveyors consecutive month • Sales to stock ratio lowest since August 2005 100 75 50 Sentiment in the housing market deteriorated further in December with the balance of surveyors turning the most 25 negative since November 1992. 49.1% more surveyors 0 reported a fall in prices than a rise, compared to 40.6% reporting a decline in November. Falls in the price -25 balance are being driven simultaneously by weakening property demand and greater supply. -50 -75 On the demand side, new buyer enquiries and newly 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 agreed sales continued to fall although the pace of decline in both cases has eased (the pace of decline in Sustained weakness in property demand combined with new buyer enquires slowed for the third consecutive increasing supply is resulting in looser market conditions. month). Although the Bank of England cut interest rates in The stock of unsold property on surveyor’s book jumped December by 25bps and has signalled that further cuts