Data this week confirmed that annual mortgage credit growth slowed to a 35-year low of just 3.1% in December, with the slowdown reflecting subdued home sales and lower house price inflation. More worryingly for the outlook, after some promising signs of life consumer credit growth slowed sharply at the end of last year.
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