By bringing forward the launch of the Help to Buy guarantee scheme, the Government has given a further boost to expectations that house prices must rise. That has led to very tight market conditions, and sellers have taken the opportunity to boost their asking prices. But with earnings still falling in real terms, a fresh national house price boom is not a foregone conclusion.
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