'All systems go': Industry reacts to latest UK house price rise
More positive news for the market as Halifax records highest annual rate of growth since January last year.
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Knight Frank says buyers and sellers have become 'hardened to the volatility' as latest numbers suggest an improving picture across the prime postcodes.
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