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035 _a(Sirsi) u113900
245 _aHouse price rises 'unsustainable'
260 _c2001
490 _aFinancial Times
_v 1 August 2001, 3
490 _aScotsman
_v 1 August 2001, 1(5)
520 _aNationwide has warned that the current increase in house prices was unsustainable with annual house price inflation reaching 10.9%. The strong housing market has been fuelled by low mortgage rates and high employment. No crash is expected but a rise in unemployment would help slow things down while an inflation rise would have a greater deleterious effect. Meanwhile the Scottish market is lagging behind the UK.
590 _aWB
650 _aHOUSE PRICES
650 _aHOUSE PRICE INFLATION
650 _aMORTGAGE RATES
650 _aLONDON
650 _aSCOTLAND
650 _aHOUSE PRICE TO INCOME RATIO
690 _aPROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MARKET
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999 _c67864
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