Debt management may become easier as housing market improves
Debt management may become easier as housing market improves
- Friday, 22 January 2010Debt help for those struggling with unaffordable mortgages may become less urgent as the economy starts to recover, one expert has claimed.
Timothy Lambert, head of consulting at property investment firm Ducalian, said that while the immediate outlook did not look that positive at the moment, the situation was soon likely to improve.
"At present with pay freezes or cuts - outside of the public sector - yes, many people are finding property unaffordable. That is one of the reasons investors are moving back into the market," he said.
"However, the economy will recover and as such people will buy again. Whilst people are negative now, memory is short and people will be positive again soon with the recession a distant memory."
According to the Rightmove House Price Index, asking prices in the first week of the year increased by 1.2 per cent, and stock levels are at their lowest this century.
The average asking price now stands at £222,261.

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