Over the past year, falling mortgage interest rates appear to have reduced monthly mortgage payments by more than rising house prices have increased them. This may be one reason why prices have continued to grow faster than incomes. But with a rate rise due next year, this effect should gradually reverse over time, putting a gentle brake on house prices in 2016.
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