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Confidence in the midst of slowing house prices

Last week saw the release of two of the leading house price indices: the Hass Property Index and the KBA Housing Price Index.

What stood out was the agreement between the two reports that while many had expected the capping of interest rates to drive home loans uptake, this remained to be seen, with banks lending more cautiously over the last quarter of 2016.

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