For the independent film companies, the hot foreign markets of last year have cooled.

In the past few months, official figures show that the market is cooling slightly.

Brokers agree that the market has cooled in the last six months.

Of course, if the market cools enough, some buyers may be happy to get their deposits back.

They started looking in 1998, but dropped out six months later because brokers told them the market was cooling.

"Now they tell me the market may be cooling again, but the house I wanted last week had 10 offers on it!"

Moreover, by the fall of 1986, the market was cooling.

The market for new stock issues has cooled in the last month.

In terms of price gains from a year earlier, the market has been cooling for a while.

Global markets have cooled, making good buys easier to find.