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    Are UK houses really worth 6% more than a year ago?

    2010-01-07T12:25:00Z

    The final Halifax index for 2009 has been released and it settles on a December 2009 average house price 5.6% above that of December 2008.This is roughly in line with the figures from Nationwide which show a 5.9% rise.It is easy from this to draw the conclusion that on average ...