Asking prices have fallen for a second month, according to FindaProperty.com, down 0.4%, following a 0.5% fall last month. Across the year, there's a fall of 0.8%. The numbers are consistent with Rightmove's... and we find ourselves in the odd situation in which the asking prices indices, calculated by the portals, are more pessimistic that the official completion figures. The answer is almost certainly seasonal (sellers pricing to sell in a slow market), and perhaps the difference between asking price and exchange price has been reduced toward the end of the year. We won't know for a while. FindaProperty's London-specific figures show 0.6% fall on the month, but that's in the context of a rise of 7.1% annually.

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