UK housing prices falling fastest in 18 years (Houston Chronicle)
Story date: 2008-08-28 04:26:55
Added on: 2008-08-28 07:05:28
The average value of a home plunged 10.5 percent to 164,654 pounds ($301,500), the biggest drop since the final quarter of 1990, Britain's fourth-biggest mortgage lender said today. Prices fell 1.9 percent from July, the 10th monthly decline.
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