The surprise fall in house prices in February suggests the market was on even weaker footing than previously thought ahead of the jump in mortgage rates tied to the Iran war. Despite this, we are not rushing to change our forecast of a modest 3% price gain this year given that leading indicators still point to house price inflation remaining positive until mid-year.
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