House price growth slowing sharply, Nationwide says
UK house prices saw their biggest monthly fall for more than two years in November as rising interest rates put off buyers, the Nationwide has said.Annual house price growth saw a "sharp slowdown", the building society said, falling to 4.4% from 7.2% in October.Earlier this month, the government's official forecaster predicted that house prices will fall by 9% over the next two years as affordability issues weigh on demand.
Nationwide said the housing sector was still being affected by the fallout from September's mini-budget, which triggered a rise in mortgage rates and also led lenders to suspend hundreds of mortgage products amid turmoil on the financial markets.
He added: "If you look at the typical mortgage payment as a share of someone's take-home pay, for the typical first-time buyer that was running at close to long-run averages of 30%. But as a result of the mini-budget it's moved up to around 45% of take-home pay, which is clearly a massive difference."
Mr Gardner said the market was likely to remain under pressure for some time, with inflation - the rate at which prices rise - set to remain high and the Bank of England likely to raise interest rates further. But he added that while the outlook was uncertain, a "relatively soft landing" for the market was still possible, given that employment rates remain high and there is a lack of properties coming up for sale.Last week, figures from financial information service Moneyfacts showed that
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