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Housing is at a crossroad

The housing recovery is at a crossroad. We expect looser supply conditions to drive a moderation in house price gains over the next year. But our forecasts assume that declining investor demand will be replaced by mortgage-dependent buyers. If mortgage-demand remains very subdued, a much less benign scenario for housing is possible.

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