im no expert on these things. i wish i was. so i start a thread to learn from.

as i see it, house prices have been increasing at an absolutely ridiculous rate over recent years

and people say that that is going to end.

does this mean that house prices will drop, or just stay the same?

and if house prices stop going up fast, does this mean that more people will be buying houses that they actually want to live in for the rest of their lives, rather than just buying as an investment that they can shift on when they feel like it?