Thu, 03 Oct 2013 09:00:03 GMT
Halifax: U.K. house prices rise slowed to 0.3%
Housing prices in the United Kingdom advance for the eighth consecutive month, while the increase slowed to the lowest in half a year, adding only 0.3% in September of 2013. The average price reached 170,733 pounds. Economists, in turn, predicted the prices to surge 0.6%. On the other hand, demand for houses soared, as the government supports citizens in home