RICS house price balance July: 4%
- expected 4%, prior +3% revised from 2%
You can file this one away in the 'doesn't move the FX' basket, just noting ti to add into the mix.
via Reuters summary:
- Prices in Scotland, Northern Ireland and most of central and northern England rose
- prices in London fell broadly
- prices in other parts of southern England and in Wales were flat
- Somewhat faster price rises are expected by surveyors over the next 12 months, but sales volumes are seen falling at the fastest rate since October
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) House Price Balance measures the percentage of surveyors reporting a house price increase in their designated area.
