It was a 0.4% rise in December, the eighth consecutive monthly gain according to the Nationwide index, and - although the Rat and Mouse doesn't like to call it on the year for a few week, until the Government's own figures are published - they're saying it makes 2009 a year of residential property gains (5.9% to be exact), and the Noughties a decade of gains (117%, no less). The index is, however, still 12.2% off its October 2007 peak.

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