ESRI predicts 15% fall in house prices by next year
28/09/2007 - 07:49:58House prices are set to fall by 15% by the end of 2008, according to the latest assessment by the Economic and Social Research Institute.
In its quarterly economic outlook, the think-tank says it does not expect a price crash, but believes prices were return to a more "normal" market level.
Elsewhere, the ESRI is also predicting that a slowdown in the construction sector will push the unemployment rate up from 4% to 5.5% next year.
It says GNP growth will be as low as 2.9% and not the 3.7% it had previously predicted.
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