House price growth slows as interest rates rise Business

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There are warning signs that the UK property boom may finally be coming to an end.

The average house price rose 1.1% in April to £286,079, according to Halifax. This is a new record and the 10th consecutive month of growth.

However, growth slipped to 10.8pc on an annual basis, from 11.1pc the previous month.

Halifax warned that rising interest rates and runaway inflation would soon dampen demand, and predicted slower growth by the end of the year.

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What happened overnight

Asian stocks fell to their lowest level in seven weeks and the dollar held firm as investors around the world avoided riskier assets on fears that rising US interest rates and China’s strengthening of its zero-Covid policy does not harm growth harshly.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific stocks outside Japan lost 2.7% and fell to its lowest level since March 16, the day Chinese Vice Premier Liu He pushed shares higher in pledging to support markets and the economy.

The Japanese Nikkei bucked the trend, rising 0.6% as it returned from a three-day vacation. Chinese blue chips lost 2%, the Hong Kong benchmark lost 3.4% and the Chinese yuan fell to an 18-month low in both onshore and offshore markets.

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