Are we heading for another mortgage credit boom?

The growth in mortgage lending seen over the past year will continue into 2014, but we doubt it will develop into a credit boom. Not only are banks unlikely to return to the type of lending practices that triggered the previous boom, but there are now signs that the demand for loans is levelling off. 

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