Large numbers of mortgage lenders and brokers are
predicting part of the government's Help to Buy scheme will be withdrawn early
because it is artificially inflating house prices, according to an industry survey.
Research by the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (Imla), a group made
up of banks and building societies that offer loans through brokers, found
growing concerns that rising house prices could cause the chancellor to pull
the plug on the part of the scheme that guarantees 95% home loans before the
end of its planned three-year term. Read more on the Guardian website.
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