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Halifax House Prices (May)

House prices recorded another large increase in May as the extension to the stamp duty holiday continued to turbocharge house purchase demand. Timely indicators show that the end of the tax break is beginning to cause demand to ease, but we think that house price growth will cool rather than collapse in the autumn.

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