Housing prices rose in Great Britain in January 2010 for the first time in 10 months, but early reports for February show some slippage, down 1.4 percent over January. Prices are nevertheless 9.2 percent higher than in February 2009. The housing price news is accompanied revised figures published 25 February by the government that show the UK grew by 0.3 percent in the last three months of 2009, slightly more than earlier reports showed.
Links to other sites: BBC, Market Watch
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 26 February 2010 at 11:19 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 26 February 2010.
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Tags: Britain, economy, housing, prices, recession, UK
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