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Rate hike fears weigh on UK housing market, RICS says
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The prospect of higher interest rates weighted on Britain's housing market last month, with downward pressure on house prices increasing for the first time in four months, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said on Thursday. RICS said its house price balance fell to -32 last month from a five-month high of -28 in August, a bigger decline than ...
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