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...“Given the recent increases in mortgage rates, it was comforting to see mortgage approvals rise in March,” said Anthony Codling, analyst at RBC Capital Markets....
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...Prices rebounded in the capital in the first three months of 2024, rising at an annual rate of 1.6 per cent, up from a contraction of 2.3 per cent in the final quarter of 2023....
...Imogen Pattison, economist at Capital Economics, said she expected mortgage rates to hover around their April level, “keeping demand subdued” and preventing “renewed gains in house prices in the near term...
...Collectively, portfolio companies have adapted to a higher cost of capital and are funding their future growth....
...Brexit and mortgage regulatory changes also played a role, according to Richard Donnell, executive director at property consultancy Houseful....
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...Ashley Webb, an economist at Capital Economics, said the BoE figures suggested “the drag on consumer spending and the housing market from higher interest rates [was] easing”, adding: “The recession will...
...US mortgage applications for home purchases rose by the most in a year in January, according to analysis by Capital Economics of data from the US Mortgage Bankers Association on Wednesday....
...Imogen Pattison, economist at Capital Economics, said price gains will only slow in the near term....
...Isolated from the world’s capital markets, Russian banks have benefited from a boom in domestic lending as households have rushed to take on state-subsidised mortgages and corporate lending has soared....
...“There are green shoots of a recovery in the housing market and perhaps the wider economy,” said Ashley Webb, economist at the consultancy Capital Economics....
...“The Prudential Regulation Authority could have concerns about banks’ exposure to 99 per cent loan-to-value mortgages, even if partially underwritten by government, and could look for additional capital...
...The drop suggests that 5-year fixed mortgage rates could dip below 4 per cent this month, according to consultancy Capital Economics....
...The mood has since shifted, with prices in the capital on the rise once more, though checked by a renewed uptick in mortgage costs in recent weeks....
...Consultancy Capital Economics forecasts house prices will probably fall 1.5 per cent in 2024, and that mortgage rates will sit just below 5 per cent for most of the year....
...The reading “suggests that the tick up in mortgage rates since the start of the year is weighing on demand for new homes”, said Matthew Pointon, senior property economist at Capital Economics....
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