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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Simon English

House prices defy slowdown predictions to rise at fastest for 17 years

HOUSE prices are defying predictions of a slowdown as desperate buyers bid up offers even in the face of soaring living costs and an economy biffed by war and inflation.

A “race for space” means London prices are growing more slowly than other regions, though it remains the most expensive area in the UK by far.

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