US bank warns house price collapse a real risk

May 13, 2005
Bank of America has warned that Britain could face a “nightmare scenario” as collapsing house prices combined with tighter fiscal policy. A report by the bank said that “skyrocketing house prices” had enabled consumers to draw down “staggering” levels of mortgage equity for spending. But the “multiplying” effect of the boom was running out under the delayed impact of earlier …

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