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Average price of home rose 0.2% month on month in August to £275,465 as market awaits interest rate vote UK houses near top state secondary schools cost £40,000 more, research reveals UK house prices increased for the first time in four months in August, according to a leading index, as buyers and sellers remain in a “holding pattern” before an expected increase in interest rates later this year.
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