Overview
Introduction
Scope
Report Highlights
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ABOUT DATAMONITOR
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
- What is this report about?
- Who is the target reader?
- How to use this report
- Scope
- Related reports
CHAPTER 2 MARKET CONTEXT
- The housing market boom
- Property prices have rocketed
- Gross advances: growth takes off in 2000
- The number of loans advanced increased rapidly over the period 1998-2002
- Causes of the housing market boom
- Macroeconomic conditions
- Mortgage rates are at a historical low
- Competition in the mortgage market is currently intense
- Consequences of the housing market boom
- First time buyers are being priced out of the home ownership
- The secured loan market has benefited from the boom in the housing market
- Conclusion
CHAPTER 3 THE MARKET GOING FORWARD
- Macroeconomic indicators going forward
- Assessing the change in macroeconomic indicators so far in 2003
- Independent macroeconomic forecasts, 2003-2007
- The state of play in the housing market
- Property price growth has slowed and prices are falling in some areas
- Lending figures show a weakening in demand for mortgage loans in 2003
- High house prices and low interest rates make judging affordability constraints difficult
- Conclusion
CHAPTER 4 THE FUTURE DECODED
- Forecasts of mortgage market gross advances, 2003e-2007f
- Neutral scenario: a return to the realm of reality
- Pessimistic scenario: heading back to the bad old days?
CHAPTER 5 APPENDIX
- Supplementary data
- Definitions
- Relevant readings
- Future readings
- Relevant links
- Datamonitor Financial Services Consulting
- SPP writing team
- How to contact experts in your industry
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