Shipside

Shipside admitted its prediction for 2012 could be undermined by the eurozone crisis: "It's like a high-speed train running along a damaged track – could the bumps be so severe as to cause another Lehman Brothers-style derailment of the property market?"

Rightmove predicts house price rise 2011

Miles Shipside, Rightmove director, said: In the volume market of 2007 before the credit crunch, an average property at an average price had a good chance of selling.

Rightmove predicts house price rise 2011

"A restricted number of motivated sellers are trying to match themselves up with the similarly restricted number of financially capable buyers," Mr. Shipside said.

Asking Prices for U.K. Property Show a Decline Jason Douglas 2011

Tenant competition in many locations is hot, partly as many tenants are staying in their current rented accommodation for longer, whilst less new stock becomes available," says Miles Shipside, director of Rightmove."

Rents predicted to rise by more than 10% amid mortgage crunch 2011

Any hopes that transaction volumes may be on the springboard preparing to return to historic norms will have been dashed by lenders' predictions that 2011 lending volumes will match 2010's dire levels," said Miles Shipside, director of Rightmove."

London property prices boosted by bankers' bonuses 2011

Shipside said that such poor regional figures had wider effects "not just for those who are unable to buy for the first time, but also for local housing markets in each of those regions".

Most of UK is first-time buyer blackspot, reports Rightmove 2011

Miles Shipside, Rightmove's director, said the housing market is in limbo.

Asking Prices for U.K. Property Show a Decline Jason Douglas 2011

Shipside said: In locations where low capital values and good rental returns coincide rental property is hard to ignore as an investment option at the moment.

Rents predicted to rise by more than 10% amid mortgage crunch 2011

"London's limited property supply and domestic as well as international demand are helping to insulate its property prices from some of the downward pressures being experienced elsewhere in the country," said Shipside.

UK property prices record sharpest fall since late 2007 Zoe Wood 2010

The strength of last year's rebound – after steep falls in 2008 – surprised commentators, but Shipside said the "price bounce" had run out of steam in all but the most popular and affluent locations and that trend was now filtering through to the annual figures.

UK property prices record sharpest fall since late 2007 Zoe Wood 2010