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Are the OBR’s house price forecasts too optimistic?

The Office for Budget Responsibility’s house price forecasts seem to imply a structural shift in the sustainable house price to earnings ratio and a return to peak of the market mortgage servicing costs. We would not rule out some rise in the equilibrium level of house prices relative to earnings over the past decade, but remain sceptical that the current gap can be sustained.

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