Britons warier about house- buying: survey

[LONDON] Britons are feeling much less positive about buying a house while sentiment toward selling is improving, according to a survey yesterday which added to other suggestions that the housing market is losing a bit of steam.

The survey by mortgage lender Halifax showed the balance of people who felt it was a good time to buy fell sharply by 29 points to five in the second quarter, the largest fall in this measure since the survey began in April 2011.

Conversely, 57 per cent felt it would be a good time to sell in the next year, with 32 per cent thinking it would be bad.