Why UK housing demand can recover despite high mortgage rates

Two developments in borrower and lending behaviour mean that housing activity and prices can be higher than before the pandemic for any given mortgage rate. That’s why we expect housing transactions to recover to their pre-pandemic levels and house prices to reach new highs even though mortgage rates will remain higher over the next few years than before the pandemic.

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