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House prices are surging in London and the south-east of England, widening the north-south divide, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has said.
In June house prices in London rose at their fastest rate for six and a half years - and by the fastest rate for four years in the South East.
A strong performance by the financial services sector has fuelled the boom.
Rics said that the gap between prices in London and the rest of England and Wales was the highest it has ever seen.
I told you to buy when you could still buy an ex-council flat in the ghetto for less than £300,000
House prices are surging in London and the south-east of England, widening the north-south divide, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has said.
In June house prices in London rose at their fastest rate for six and a half years - and by the fastest rate for four years in the South East.
A strong performance by the financial services sector has fuelled the boom.
Rics said that the gap between prices in London and the rest of England and Wales was the highest it has ever seen.
I told you to buy when you could still buy an ex-council flat in the ghetto for less than £300,000
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