Higher mortgage rates doing little to dent affordability

The recent rise in mortgage rates to a 10-month high has done little to dent affordability. Even a doubling in rates would leave our long-term measure of affordability below that seen before the housing crash. That said, high affordability will still not prevent house prices from falling further.

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