Figures from Halifax for the fourth-quarter of 2007 show a 5.2% rise in house prices, on the same period of 2006. Taking the UK as a whole, average house prices in the fourth-quarter were slightly lower than in the third-quarter, down -0.8%. Prices rose in four regions: Scotland 2.4%; West Midlands 2.1%; Wales 0.9%; and North [...]
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