Accredited official statistics: Monthly property transactions completed in the UK with value of £40,000 or above

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UK house prices grow at slowest pace in two years as mortgage rates rise

The average price for a property in the UK stood at £273,566 in October, flat on the previous month and down from 0.8% in the year to September, according to the lender Nationwide . The slowdown in the market comes as…

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The Ardingly reservoir, managed by South East Water and serving about 95,000 properties in and around Haywards Heath and Uckfield in Sussex, is currently 19% full. The day the Guardian visited, the weather was grey and…

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BP shares lift as oil giant cheers surge in profit

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Healey’s business rate tweaks won’t stop ‘hollowing out’ high street, business group warns

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Tesco retreats from Europe with £1bn sale of Czech and Slovak divisions

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Crypto giant Binance hit by ‘largest hack in history’

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