Happy Price Spy
Christmas is on Thursday as you will be aware so Happy Christmas! From all the House Price Spy team, all the best and good luck for 2009!
2008 has been a great year for the site, what with our facelift and a completely new way of navigating the site making it even easier to use. We have added new members only functions and started email members with relevant activity in areas selected by them. House Price Spy is still 100% free and now gives more than ever!
So much has happened during 2008, its hard to take it all in-first there was a general fall in property prices then a recession. Anyone over the age of 20 has been through all this before, so no need to panic! My blogs have tried to look on the bright site (?), not pandering to the media scare mongering or taking the easy route of just repeating what the government say. Hopefully we will see light at the end of the tunnel during 2009 with some ‘green shoots’ appearing and some positive measures by the FSA and whoever is in Downing Street.
Whatever happens you can get free property information and analysis from House Price Spy. This will not change during 2009 hopefully we can add even more for our members!
2009 will be the year of a General Election in the UK, and many are predicting a recovery in the markets and a start of a better environment for borrowers.
Two bits of news are that the government of Ireland are pumping billions into Irish banks, so it remains to be seen how clever all those people who switched their money into Irish banks are! Plus the Bank Of England is coming under some heavy flack after its handling of the present Crisis. The BOE did not predict the current crisis and Gordon Brown was the man who gave them full control over lending rates…