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Mortgage lending recovery comes to an end

The majority of buyer demand measures deteriorated this month. With surveys suggesting that economic activity declined further in the early weeks of the fourth quarter, a recovery in the housing market remains a distant prospect. If anything, the data reinforce the fact that significant downside risks remain.

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