Mortgage scheme 'driving up prices'

The Government's Help To Buy scheme will make home ownership less accessible overall by driving up house prices, a think-tank has warned.

The Adam Smith Institute (ASI) said Help To Buy - which includes an equity loan scheme and a mortgage guarantee scheme, to be launched in January - will simply increase demand for houses without a similar increase in supply, therefore driving up house prices.
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