The rise in month-on-month house price growth in August largely reflects issues with the seasonal-adjustment of the Case-Shiller index, rather than a sign that growth is once again accelerating. Annual gains were stable, and with measures of home buying sentiment subdued we expect growth will stay close to 3% for the remainder of the year.
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