BBC News - Property 'stalemate' continues, surveyors say
The UK property market remained in "stalemate" in June, according to the latest survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics).
Prices continued to fall back while sales rose only "marginally".
The continuing downward trend in prices was underlined by the government's own house price index.
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) said average UK prices dropped by 0.5% in May, and by 1.6% over the past year.
Only in London have prices gone up in the past year, the DCLG said.
"Average prices decreased during the year in England (-1.3%) and also decreased in Wales (-6.1%), Scotland (-2.5%) and Northern Ireland (-13.2%)," the DCLG reported. ...
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