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    Runaway house prices set to be reined in

    House sales will slow down for the next few months - taking the heat out of the market for the traditionally busy spring season. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors products that as a result house price rises will calm down. The

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    UK property price boom: panic-buying?

    Is the UK seeing a surge of property panic-buying? The number of properties coming onto the market has dipped according to latest numbers from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. Yet the cost of buying a property - despite record low

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    Increase in house sales optimism

    Optimism among surveyors that house sales will rise in the coming months is at its highest levels in at least 14 years as confidence returns to the market. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said its findings for June point to the

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    Stamp duty cut for pensioners?

    Older people could be given tax breaks to move to a smaller property. The idea - exempting older people from stamp duty when downsizing to a smaller property - is backed by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveryors (RICS) in a new report. And to

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    Property sales 'set to increase'

    House sales are set to climb to their highest level since 2007 next year, amid signs that the market is slowly recovering, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has predicted. UK house prices will increase by 2% over 2013, while

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    Olympics 'distracted' house viewers

    The number of potential home buyers looking to view properties dipped in August as the Olympics provided a distraction - although overall sales held firm, surveyors have reported. In the three months to August, chartered surveyors sold on

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    House prices continuing to fall

    House prices are falling and more drops are expected in the coming months, surveyors have said. A balance of 24% more surveyors reported falling rather than rising prices last month, the most negative reading since June 2011, said the Royal