House prices in first annual fall for 11 years, says the Halifax
The UK’s biggest mortgage lender says rising borrowing costs are affecting confidence. …
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Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at estate agent Knight Frank, said any decline would be kept in check by rising wages, low unemployment, cash sales, record-high levels of housing equity, longer mortgages and savings amassed during the pandemic.