LONDON (dpa-AFX) - The average asking price of a house in the United Kingdom was up 2.6 percent on month in October, property tracking website Rightmove said on Monday, to 271,669 pounds.
That follows the 0.9 percent increase in September.
On a yearly basis, house prices spiked 7.6 percent - slowing from the 7.9 percent jump in the previous month.
By region, house prices jumped 10 percent in the south-east and 9.6 percent in London.
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