Very high home mover activity and resilient first-time buyer demand pushed mortgage lending up to its highest level since the financial crisis at the end of last year. It’s become clear that the stamp duty holiday is only one of several reasons for the surge in buyer demand, so we now think that house prices will be resilient even when the tax break eventually ends.
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