Financial institutions wary about renewed housing market optimism

A rise in households’ optimism regarding the housing market has pushed asking prices to a record high. At the same time, financial institutions appear to have become more concerned about the risk of house price falls. That does not bode well for Government efforts to significantly boost the supply of mortgage credit.

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