Meanwhile in Britain, house prices fell month on month - albeit only by 0.1 per cent. House price growth year on year also slowed, with one expert suggesting the property market is “struggling to find ...

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Average UK house price falls as ‘market catches its breath’

UK house prices dipped by 0.1% month-on-month in August, Nationwide Building Society reported. This slight fall follows a 0.5% rise in July. Annual growth also weakened to 2.1% in August, down from ...

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LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Banks hold FTSE 100 back on windfall tax worry

The biggest fallers on the FTSE 100 were NatWest, down 26.00p at 510.60p, JD Sports Fashion, down 4.08p at 96.02p, Lloyds Banking Group, down 2.78p at 79.52p, Barclays, down 8.25p at 360.40p and ...

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Popular artisan market to close after nine years

Rochester City Centre Forum runs Rochester City Artisan Market, which has operated every second Saturday of the month for the past nine years. Clare Tierney, chairperson of the forum, says it is ...

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London close: Stocks weaker in wake of Nvidia results

London stocks ended lower on Thursday as investors reacted to underwhelming second-quarter earnings from US chipmaker Nvidia, while a raft of UK-listed companies traded ex-dividend.

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