We saw a mini recovery in the housing market in January but it was fragile and lost momentum in February. I was hoping to see the property market directly targeted by the Chancellor today. I was hoping to see this not because I want to see house prices rise – we’ve had quite enough of that over the past few years. But what the market desperately needs is some optimism and right now you can’t say that it is working well for anybody. Landlords are leaving the sector, tenants are paying huge rents in an ultra-competitive field, sellers in many areas have little hope of finding a reliable buyer an…
