UK House Price Balance Tumbles In August - RICS



The house price balance in the United Kingdom fell all the way to 40 percent in August, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said on Thursday. That was well shy of forecasts for 47 percent and down sharply from the downwardly revised 48 percent in July (originally 49 percent). In the London area, house prices were higher for a balance of nine percent of agents - slowing from 11 percent in the previous month. "Some of the momentum has come out of the housing market of late reflecting in part concerns over a likely rise in the cost of borrowing at some point in the not too distant future," said Simon Rubinsohn, RICS chief economist.

News are provided by InstaForex.