A greater fall - no less - than any other region, totaling 0.6% for the month. It didn't, however, cancel out the previous month's rise, and overall the national figure was a small gain of 0.1%.

Meanwhile, beleaguered vendors might want to turn to MoneyWeek and its essential four-point guide to shifting your home. Er... tidy up, don't waste your time with DIY, drop the price and choose your estate agent carefully. Obviously, a year ago, we were all blithely picking estate agents with a dice, raising the lounge floor with decking, leaving our unwashed pants on the stairs and adding £20,000 to a sensible asking price. Actually, we were doing that last one...

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