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CML: House prices not affected by mortgage shortage

October 27, 2007 by admin  
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The reduction in the availability of mortgage products is unlikely to affect house prices.

According to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), the sub-prime sector is most likely to be affected and this would have only a minimal impact on the in the UK.

Bernard Clarke, a spokesperson for the CML, explained: “The housing market continues to be underpinned by consumer demand for owner occupation, strong aspirations for owner occupation and there’s a shortage of supply.

“Those fundamentals will continue to underpin the market to a much greater extent than any shortage of mortgage products to customers.”

He added that despite fluctuations, uncertainty and speculations over a possible collapse, there remains confidence in the market.

Moneyfacts has recently revealed that the availability of buy-to-let and residential mortgage products has reduced by 40 per cent in the last few months.

Furthermore, 72 per cent of bad buy-to-let mortgage products were taken off the market as well as 54 per cent of bad credit residential mortgage products.

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