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What are house prices really doing?

House prices are rising according to the Office for National Statistics but falling according to Halifax and Nationwide. Consistent downward revisions to the ONS House Price Index mean that we think the Nationwide and Halifax indices are a more reliable measure of recent house price movements. Therefore, we are confident that they have been falling.

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