Mark Clare, the boss of Barratt Developments, a homebuilder, said this week that there had been “a tightening of lending criteria and mortgage availability”.

一家房屋建筑公司Barratt Devlpmet 的老板马克克莱尔这本周表示这个市场已经存在"贷款基准以及可得抵押贷款缩紧"。

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One insider thinks this unlikely: many parents have remortgaged to pay fees, and with house prices shaky and banks tightening their lending criteria, this route is fast closing off.

有行内人士称不可能有回报了，现在很多家长是一贷再贷地去交付学费，时下房价波动大，银行也收紧其贷款政策，这样方法很快就行不通了。

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One insider thinks this unlikely: many parents have remortgaged to pay fees, and with house prices shaky and banks tightening their lending criteria, this route is fast closing off.

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With less money to lend to home buyers they have been tightening their lending criteria, making it more expensive for borrowers to take out a loan and move, or buy their first home.

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