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House prices up 0.2% in April

UK house prices rose by an average 0.2% in April (compared with 0.3% a month earlier), as instructions for house sales outstripped new enquiries from potential buyers.
According to Hometrack, the number of new buyers registering with agents rose by 1%, the smallest increase so far this year, while growth in new instructions stood at 3.7%.
However, [...]

Spring bounce in housing market likely to be short lived

Enquiries from new home buyers dipped in January, for the first time in 14 months.
According to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the winter freeze may have been responsible for the downturn with house sellers also affected and the number of homes being put up for sale falling for the first time in seven [...]