Price growth remained firm in September, according to the latest data from the Department for Community and Local Government (DCLG) report. The department found that annual inflation rose to 8%, up from 7.4% in August, the fastest rate of annual house price inflation in 18 months. And these fast rate rises are not just confined to London and the South East; house prices shot up all over the country, the data says. However, a slowdown is anticipated as November's interest rate rise, plus another expected in the New Year, temper the market. Property economist Kelvin Davidson commented: 'With affordability already stretched, we expect housing market activity levels and price pressures to cool in early 2007.'
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If heaven is on earth, it might be in this home with a converted chapel that is now a swimming pool5 Wood Barton Town House is part of an exclusive 80-acre development in Devon that also comes with fishing rights on the River Avon and four bedrooms.
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An Italian-inspired recipe for lemon-butter pasta shells with spring greens, ricotta and pangrattatoSpring greens are just about to come into their own, so our Kitchen Garden columnist reveals exactly what to do with them.
