The RICs survey by surveyors that tells the tendency of house prices to rise or fall is at its weakest level ever. The index is an up/down net balance reading and the balance of house prices falling is the largest negative excess over this rising going back to 1999. Expectations for prices did up tick slightly in February but they too are near historic lows. Sales expectations are in much better shape by comparison. They turned higher after a string of negative readings and stand at a level of +2 in the 41st percentile of their historic range. That is below the mid-point of the range at 50 but still only a moderately weak reading.