On past form the jump in the months’ supply of new homes to an eight-year high would be consistent with outright falls in national house prices. However, the existing home inventory is not far off record lows. Without large numbers of existing homeowners being forced to sell, house price growth is instead set to slow gradually over the next couple of years.
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