I suppose you could call this classic free-market behaviour; although it’s outside influences, in the end, which are the deciding factor. Prices keep going up until they reach a point of unaffordability, the unaffordability in this case largely due to a quadrupling of interest rates. So those who want to sell ask less and, bingo, people start buying again. It just takes Bert and Beryl at No. 14 to understand that their house will never sell for as much as Ron and Marjory’s at No.32, despite their new drive and beautiful begonias. They reduce the price, and, for some at least, the spiral starts to unspiral. Of course, if you decide not to sell, your house won’t have gone down in value and will almost certainly at some point go up again. So, hang on in there, and you’ll do alright in the end. Sound familiar?
“Reeves backs down on plans to cut ISA limit”
So it looks as though Cash ISAs are safe for the moment (FTM – is that a thing?) Rachel has apparently ‘bowed to pressure’ from the banks and building societies and decided not to reduce the allowance to £4,000 for cash and to keep the £20,000 parity with Stocks and Shares ISAs. Bowed also to common sense, I’d say.
