Napier terrace a row of terraced houses in Exeter,A view down the steps beside the terrace of 13 properties, housing market,

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Napier terrace a row of terraced houses in Exeter,A view down the steps beside the terrace of 13 properties, which look out over St Bartholomew's Cemetery to the price inflation across the UK is now likely to hit 6% this year, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics). At the start of 2015, Rics expected that prices would rise by just 3%. However it has now revised its estimate upwards, due to the shortage of homes on the market, and "accelerating prices". Mortgage lender the Halifax said house price inflation in the year to August was 9%, with the monthly rise up

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