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January fall in house prices recordedPublished on: 04/02/2008 January saw a further fall in house prices, figures from Nationwide have shown. The lender revealed that the average house price in the UK dipped by 0.1 per cent in the month, lowering the annual rate of house price inflation from 4.8 per cent to 4.2 per cent. However, the drop was less than December, when 0.4 per cent was trimmed from the value of homes. Nationwide senior economist Martin Gahbauer stated that the figures were a sign of a continued downturn in the market, but suggested that there were "tentative signs of bottoming out" in some housing market data, such as the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors figures for buyer enquiries at estate agents. Howard Archer, chief economist at Global Insight, said the figures were a clear indication of a continuing downward trend and suggested this made the "already intense" pressure for an interest rate cut even greater. Source: http://news.hotproperty.co.uk |
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