The housing market has spent much of the past 18 months in the doldrums as higher mortgage rates dented the ambitions of home buyers and sellers.
But suddenly things started to get better. Mortgage rates are down a bit, home prices are up, and buyers seem a little more interested.
So are house prices poised to recover? Lee Boyce and Simon Lambert discuss that in this episode of Lunch Money.
Plus, the new Best Buy savings account you should consider and the drawback that comes with the fee.
Later, Interactive Investor’s Victoria Scholar looks at why FTSE 100 housebuilder Barratt wants to buy rival Redrow and whether it will be good for investors. Also, what has consumer goods giant Unilever said about inflation?
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