Warning to househunters as survey shows cooling of housing market

Househunters were today warned they face a tricky balancing act in getting on to the property ladder as a new house price survey showed signs of a slowdown, the first for five years.

Warning to househunters as survey shows cooling of housing market

Househunters were today warned they face a tricky balancing act in getting on to the property ladder as a new house price survey showed signs of a slowdown, the first for five years.

Estate agents Douglas Newman Good revealed that rising interest rates were helping to create the much touted soft landing in the market, but at the same time creating added costs for first-time buyers.

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