UK house price inflation accelerated at a more than expected rate in April, figures from the Lloyds Bank subsidiary Halifax and IHS Markit showed on Wednesday.
The house price index surged 5.0 percent year-on-year in April, following a 2.6 percent increase in March. Economists had expected a 4.5 percent rise.
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