We estimate that without the relaxation in credit conditions, average house prices would have risen by a cumulative 19% since the end of 2003. In fact, the Nationwide house price index reports that they have risen by 37% over this period. In other words, looser credit conditions can explain about half of house price growth over the last four years.
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