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Improvements in affordability

TomS - Head Tom Simper Dec 11, 2023, 11:00 AM

Comparing affordability levels through time helps us understand when a market needs to slow down (affordability is overstretched) or when a recovery can take hold (improved affordability).

A combination of factors (chiefly the expectation of better mortgage rates) will see affordability improve in 2024 and help drive a tentative recovery in buyer confidence.

Lower recent 5-year swap rates (4.4% at the end of November) point to further improvement in mortgage rates.

Affordability, as measured here, represents the proportion of household earnings it takes to meet mortgage payments. Source: #Dataloft, ONS, Bank of England, Nationwide. Affordability is based on FTB prices, assuming 1.5 full time incomes per household; 80% loan to value and average new lending mortgage rate; forecast earnings growth of 3.4% for 2024; average new lending rate to improve to 4.5% by end 2024; FTB price fall of -1% for remaining quarter of 2023 and then stabilised.

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