Sterling softens on cooling house prices
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Sterling softened after data released this morning by the British Banking Association provided further evidence that house prices are finally starting to cool.
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Sterling picked up slightly from earlier levels but remained on the weak side, with analysts now confident that the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee will not raise interest rates when it meets next week.
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The housing market is slowing as higher interest rates bite, says the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
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The pound has made slight gains against the dollar on the back of yesterday's release of Bank of England minutes which suggested a further hike in interest rates is unlikely.
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The pound was steady despite further evidence emerging of a sharp slowdown in the British housing market.
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The pound was down early Thursday afternoon after softer-than-expected retail sales figures for the UK -- hurt by the recent rises in borrowing rates and poor weather -- eased the likelihood of a quick successive interest rate hike next month.
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Sterling was slightly lower ahead of key economic news due out this week, starting with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors survey on the housing market.
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House price inflation is now easing off, according to the latest monthly survey from the Halifax.
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The pound was trading at week lows against the dollar in Friday afternoon trading, as it reversed some of its solid gains made Thursday on the back of strong surveys on UK manufacturing and the retail sector. Sterling was also slightly weaker against the euro.
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The pound was dealt a blow Monday by a huge drop in a key measure of house prices.
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Sterling was weak ahead of Wednesday's publication of both economic growth data and the minutes to last month's rate-setting meeting at the Bank of England (BoE).
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House prices in England and Wales fell slightly in August, according to figures from property research company Hometrack, offering another sign the market may be cooling in the face of higher interest rates.
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The Bank of England left the cost of borrowing unchanged at 4.75 per cent on Thursday after data had shown a slowdown in the housing market, slowing consumer
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The Bank of England announced it was leaving interest rates unchanged at 4.75 percent for a second successive month, amid signs that Britain's red-hot housing market is cooling slightly.
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An index measuring changes in UK house prices fell in the three months through November to the lowest since December 1992, suggesting a decline in the nation&#39;s property market is deepening.
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The pound strengthened slightly against the dollar but remained weak against the euro after the release of more downbeat news on the UK housing market.
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Business & money: House price inflation in UK last month eased to its lowest level since March, mortgage lender says.