Rather than scale back their borrowing, buyers in London have taken advantage of falling house prices by purchasing better homes. But much of that reflects the continued ultra-low interest rate environment, which we think will start to unwind across our forecast. As a result, we doubt that the current trend of stable LTIs will last for much longer.
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