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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Paul Dales

Talking about house prices, for all the wrong reasons

House prices may soon leap above the weather as the number one topic of conversation, but for all the wrong reasons.

The housing market has been on a great run since the pandemic caused people to seek, and place more value, on more living space. In the two years since July 2020, house prices rose by 24%. That’s almost double the 13% increase in the prices households paid for items in the shops over the same period.

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