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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rupert Jones

UK house prices may fall 20% amid mortgage ‘carnage’, warn experts

Rows of houses
Data provider Moneyfacts said on Wednesday that banks and building societies pulled a record 935 mortgage products overnight on Tuesday. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA

Turmoil on the UK’s financial markets has prompted analysts to predict that house prices could fall by as much as 20% amid “carnage” in the mortgage sector and warnings of a big jump in borrowing costs on the way.

Despite the worsening cost of living squeeze, the property market has been defying the doomsters for months. That could finally be about to change, following the chaos unleashed by Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget.

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