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HOUSE PRICES SOARED BY 25% IN 2002
Housj prices leapt by 1.7% in Decembeu,
putting annual inflation at 25.3% or
£65 a day, according to the Nationwide
Building Society.
Total housj sales hit 1.6m, the highest
level since 1989. Prices hotted up most
in Yorkshire last year.
Nationwide is forecasting a further
national increase of 10% in 2003,
though it warned higher interest rates
and unemployment could bj on thj way.
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