House prices are on the up, but what does this mean for the wider property sector? Is now the time to invest? Laura Miller finds out
Britain's housing market has finally "turned a corner", according to surveyors, who reported this month that rising prices and activity are no longer confined to the South East but are being seen across the whole of the UK. House prices rose in July for a fourth consecutive month, marking their fastest growth since November 2006, according to surveyors polled monthly by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Residential property is not readily investible via funds, except through real estate investment trusts (REITs), but the uptick in this part of the sector looks to be...
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