41.   Analysts had been hoping for a Bank of England rate cut to help stimulate the moribund U.K. housing market.

42.   Analysts said that the housing market was leveling off at a respectable pace.

43.   And a mortgage lending report from Barclays Bank underlined the weakness of the U.K. housing market.

44.   Analysts said the strong number seemed to contradict speculation about higher interest rates slowing down the housing market.

45.   Analysts watch the building societies as an early indicator of the direction of the housing market and how the mortgage banks are performing.

46.   And many of the newcomers to the housing market are immigrants, Hispanics, and blacks, the very people the experiment was designed to help.

47.   And in another sign of slower growth, industry expectations about the housing market have dimmed, according to a new survey.

48.   And even with some declines in new and existing home sales, the housing market remains one of the pillars of the U.S. economy.

49.   And so, even if the housing market is viewed as a whole, the dichotomy between housing activity in Manhattan and the other boroughs does exist.

50.   And there have been tentative signs that higher interest rates are beginning to slow the housing market, a possible precursor of a more generalized economic slowdown.