INTERNATIONAL - British house prices rose
by 2.6percent in 2017, a slowdown from an increase
of 4.5percent in 2016, and London was the weakest
region with prices down 0.5percent, mortgage lender Nationwide said yesterday.
However, in December
house prices rose by a stronger
than expected 0.6percent
from November. That compared with a median forecast for a 0.2percent increase in a poll of economists.