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Modest rate hikes won’t prevent house price gains

We doubt that a larger rise in Bank Rate over the next two years than we previously expected will put much upward pressure on mortgage rates. Low interest rates and increased spending on housing costs will continue to provide a supportive environment for house price valuations. So we retain our above-consensus view that house prices will rise by a further 5% in 2022.

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