The FPC has a number of policy tools at its disposal should it decide it needs to cool the housing market. Provided it acts with sufficient conviction, there is every chance that the new tools will prove effective. Action to curb loan-to-income ratios will be key. But with a high share of cash buyers, the Bank will also need to toughen up its rhetoric to subdue house price expectations.
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