By allowing buyers to bridge the substantial gap between house prices and earnings, the recovery in average income multiples on mortgage lending towards their pre-recession highs has almost certainly lent support to house prices. However, even if maintained at their current elevated level, high income multiples will offer scant support to house prices in the face of further widespread job losses.
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