LONDON (MNI) – UK house prices rose by 0.7% on the month in March
and by 9.7% on March 2009, the Department of Communities and Local
Government said today.
The DCLG said that UK house prices rose by 2.8% in the quarter
ending March 2010 compared with a rise of 2.9% for the quarter ending
December 2010.
The DCLG data provide a more definitive idea of the direction of
house prices and the latest report confirms that house prices do appear
to have enjoyed growth of around double digits in the last year.
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