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We know that shared ownership works; it has good levels of mortgage performance and low rates of repossession.
It built up one of the highest levels of mortgage debt, which still hangs over the economy.
JPMorgan Chase and U.S. Bancorp, the other big lenders, are also reporting very high levels of mortgage origination revenue.
However, Robert Gardner, Nationwide's chief economist, said: "Housing affordability does not appear stretched by historic standards", because of the historically low levels of mortgage rates.
CML director general Paul Smee said: "As you would expect, strong levels of mortgage lending are broadly correlated with those areas where there is a strong resident population.
Together with very low levels of mortgage approvals, the RICS balance is consistent with a sharp fall in house price in the next 12 months.
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The interests of students are also being "protected" by making them pay higher and higher fees and incur escalating levels of mortgage-style debt far into their futures.
As house prices have risen, many countries, including America and Britain, have seen record levels of mortgage-equity withdrawal, as owners borrow more against the rising value of their property.
The company is also benefiting as a record level of mortgage refinancing gives it more home loans to purchase.
He attributed the discrepancy to tighter credit requirements instituted by lenders last spring to reduce a growing level of mortgage defaults.
But Martin Ellis, housing economist at Halifax, said: "The relatively low level of mortgage payments in relation to income is providing support for house prices.
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