House prices in 2008 - up or down?

The new year may bring cheer to those priced out of the market

House prices could be even more of a talking point than usual in 2008.

Ian Pollock, Personal finance reporter, BBC News - 28 December 2007

For the first time since 1995, this could be a year in which property prices actually fall.

However, that is not what most experts are predicting.

On the whole they think that prices will be flat, or may rise slightly over the next 12 months - full article