Mortgages now funding just 46pc of housing transactions
2/14/2012
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Cashflow has become king and mortgages a less dominant feature of the housing market, with most sales now financed by equity.
A new report from Savills says that the shift away from mortgages to equity has been a key change in the market.
It says that in 2001, mortgage debt funded 62% of all housing transactions. By 2006, it had fallen to 55% and last year it stood at 46%.
The report says that constraints on mortgage debt have been the main catalyst – citing bigger mortgages and more rigorous vetting of mortgage applications.
Source: EstateAgentToday.co.uk