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UK house prices fall by 0.1% in April, Halifax says

A view of a row of residential houses in London, Britain, January 23, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
A view of a row of residential houses in London, Britain, January 23, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah McKay Reuters

LONDON - British house prices fell by 0.1% in April, leaving them just 0.4% higher than a year earlier, data from mortgage lender Halifax showed on Friday.

The median forecast in a Reuters poll of economists had predicted a monthly house price fall of 0.1% and an annual rise of 0.6%.

(Reporting by Suban AbdullaEditing by William Schomberg)

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This story was originally published May 7, 2026 at 11:16 PM.

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