Tudor Wells, co-director of Ridgeway Estate Agents, Commercial Road, Old Town, Swindon:
Prices have come down and levelled out but concerns over war with Iraq is making people very unsure about what to do.
Thankfully, we've got no underlying economic factors that are going to crash the market.
We've got a strong economy, low interest rates, low inflation, very low unemployment and I think this is a blip and people are panicking.
Yes, prices have come down by a few percentage points, but a lot of that is due to the fact that many properties were over-valued in the end of last year.
The actual prices achieved on completion, however, are very steady. This isn't 1988 when the Chancellor scrapped double-MIRAS and then slapped interest rates up at the same time.
I think long term, the housing market in Swindon remains very healthy.
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