Charlotte Harrison, chief executive of home financing at Skipton Group said: “Building societies, which fund over a third of all first-time buyer mortgages, rely on retail deposits like cash Isas to fund their lending. If Isa inflows fall, the cost of funding is likely to rise, and that means mortgages could become both more expensive and harder to access.
Housing targets could be derailed if cash Isa limit is cut – building society
