Asking Prices vs Reality: The True State of the Housing Market | Merryn Talks Money
January 21, 2026
2,535
33
5
1.50%
Search the Record
IndexedEvery word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
Bloomberg Podcasts Episodes Around January 21, 2026
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
19:23Now PlayingAsking Prices vs Reality: The True State of the Housing Market | Merryn Talks Money
YouTube Description
as posted by the channelAre UK house prices really taking off — or is something else at play? On this week’s personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek dig into the latest eye-catching figures and reveal why the “surge” may not be quite what it seems. From the powerful role of location in driving valuations to why houses are leaving flats behind as investments, the conversation cuts through the headlines to what’s really happening in the property market.
See omnystudio.com/listener () for privacy information.
Merryn Talks Money with Bloomberg senior columnist Merryn Somerset Webb is your key to understanding how markets work – and how you can make them work for you. Every episode features a relaxed but in-depth conversation with a fund manager, a strategist, a Bloomberg expert or just someone Merryn finds particularly interesting in any given week. Listen in for the kind of insights and explanations everyone can use to help them make better saving and investing choices. From Bloomberg Podcasts.
Subscribe to Bloomberg Podcasts
Listen to more Merryn Talks Money
Follow Bloomberg Podcasts on Twitter
Visit our other YouTube channels:
Bloomberg Television
Bloomberg Originals
For coverage on news, markets and more
#Markets #Finance #Investing #Podcast #Bloomberg
Guests & Subjects Covered
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.