tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post1480031143003114600..comments2023-05-18T10:37:34.608+01:00Comments on <a href="http://www.retirementinvestingtoday.com">Retirement Investing Today</a>: UK House Value vs UK House Affordability – March 2013RetirementInvestingTodayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03088383743670046657noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-56545481589790792822013-04-06T16:19:20.753+01:002013-04-06T16:19:20.753+01:00Hi BeatTheSeasons
They are neither mean or median...Hi BeatTheSeasons<br /><br />They are neither mean or median. The Nationwide uses a Standardised House for their Index. For further information have a read of the first link in the post which discusses all of the major UK House Price Indices including what they measure.<br /><br />Cheers<br />RITRetirementInvestingTodayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03088383743670046657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-54886040844455856502013-04-04T12:49:46.102+01:002013-04-04T12:49:46.102+01:00Apologies if this has come up before, but are the ...Apologies if this has come up before, but are the average house prices a mean or a median? If they include multi-million pound houses in London then this won't be a very meaningful average, particularly if volumes of 'normal' 3-bed semis in the rest of the country are low at the moment. And surely prices in London and a few other cities are driven by international investors/cash BeatTheSeasonsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-75191841222941462612013-03-31T19:42:14.018+01:002013-03-31T19:42:14.018+01:00Interesting summary. I think your P/E ratio should...Interesting summary. I think your P/E ratio should be based on the earnings that houses generate (i.e. rent), not average salary, since P/E ratios are calculated this way for shares. Your analysis disregards housing supply, but a P/E ratio based on rents would go some way to rectifying this as rents are affected by supply. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com