House prices set for sharp slowdown as inflation hits

Good early morning.

It won’t occur as a surprise, but the most recent housing from Halifax show another bumper thirty day period in December, with price ranges attaining 1.1pc to a new record high of £276,091.

It caps off a remarkable calendar year for the sector, which defied the sombre mood in the broader economic system to put up at any time bigger growth.

December’s once-a-year growth of 9.8pc marked the swiftest tempo due to the fact July 2003, even though the funds acquire of £24,500 across 2021 as a full was the greatest due to the fact March 2003.

Past calendar year, the regular household selling price attained a new record superior a remarkable eight occasions.

But things are virtually particular to change in 2002, with climbing curiosity fees and inflation set to slam the brakes on the market’s unfettered growth.

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What transpired overnight 

Asian shares snapped two days of losses on Friday, climbing as investors waited to see regardless of whether US work knowledge because of afterwards in the working day would enhance the require for more rapidly US curiosity price hikes.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside the house Japan rose .3pc, boosted by a 1.2pc acquire in the Australian benchmark the place bank shares ended up to the fore, however Japan’s Nikkei gave up early gains to slip .66pc.

Nasdaq futures rose as a lot as .5pc in earlier Asian trading just before offering up some gains to trade .25pc higher, and S&P 500 e-mini stock futures sophisticated .17pc.

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• Economics: Halifax household selling price index (Uk), development PMI (Uk), inflation, retail sales (eurozone), industrial production (France, Germany), non-farm payrolls (US)