Housing market activity was already slowing prior to the introduction of the MMR. However evidence from the buy-to-let market suggests that the disruption to banks’ lending process turned an expected slowdown in mortgage approvals into an outright decline. But with that disruption now passing, mortgage lending should grow at a slow but steady pace during the coming months.
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