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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jess Clark

More house price drops expected despite signs of market stabilising

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Demand for rental properties hit a five-month high, suggesting that rents will continue to rise. Photograph: Jill Mead/The Guardian

UK house prices are expected to continue to fall despite surveyors’ expectations that the housing market will stabilise over the next 12 months, a study has shown.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ (Rics) monthly survey, which measures the proportion of surveyors reporting new buyer inquiries against those saying they fell, found the net balance was -29% in March, almost flat on the -30% recorded in February.

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