Are property prices going up or down?

Since the beginning of 2009, we have received conflicting information from property price reports, some showing that the market is starting to increase, others indicating that property prices are still sliding downwards. Added to this we have the housing industry saying that they are selling more homes while economists are typically still full of doom and gloom, declaring that this is just a ‘blip’ and the market will still continue to slide in 2009. Read on to find out who is right?