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Story date: 2008-03-19 09:00:34
Added on: 2008-03-19 23:57:40

CHELMSFORD (Reuters) - The credit crisis is making it more difficult for consumers to buy homes and affordability is unlikely to improve even if house prices fall this year, Bank of England policy-maker Kate Barker said on Wednesday.


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