The small fall in the Halifax measure of house prices in April suggests the housing market has been less resilient to the jump in mortgage rates triggered by the Iran war than the alternative Nationwide measure implies. Even if the Strait of Hormuz re-opened fully soon, we suspect the drag on prices from the rises in mortgage rates already seen will continue to grow in the coming months.
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