The biggest obstacle to Britain’s recovery – the housing market

Britain's broken property market is the biggest threat to our economic recovery. No matter how painful it might be, we need a sharp fall in house prices. Phil Oakley explains why.

If you were to ask me to name the biggest obstacle standing in the way of a healthy UK economy, it's simple it's the housing market. Regular readers will know our view on house prices. They are too high and need to come down a lot.

High house prices, far from being a good thing, are stopping the economy from getting back on track. They suck money away from wealth-creating projects. They increase the cost of living, and make the UK an expensive place to do business.

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Phil spent 13 years as an investment analyst for both stockbroking and fund management companies.

 

After graduating with a MSc in International Banking, Economics & Finance from Liverpool Business School in 1996, Phil went to work for BWD Rensburg, a Liverpool based investment manager. In 2001, he joined ABN AMRO as a transport analyst. After a brief spell as a food retail analyst, he spent five years with ABN's very successful UK Smaller Companies team where he covered engineering, transport and support services stocks.

 

In 2007, Phil joined Halbis Capital Management as a European equities analyst. He began writing for MoneyWeek in 2010.