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BTL to slow growth in mortgage approvals

While the housing market ended 2016 in reasonable shape, house price growth has been losing steam. With prices already so high, we expect that trend to continue, with annual house price growth ending both 2017 and 2018 at 2%. Furthermore, while we expect the recovery in activity to continue, a combination of slower economic growth and reduced BTL demand will keep any gains over the next two years modest.

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