UK house prices fell for a fifth month in a row in July,
the longest stretch of declines since the financial crisis. Values fell 0.2 per
cent from June, bringing the average price for a home to £302,251. London
remains a "mixed picture," with the number of sales in the second
quarter falling by 7 per cent from a year earlier and prices declining in
almost two-thirds of the capital's boroughs. The housing market is weakening
after a three-decade boom amid slower economic growth, uncertainty created by
Brexit and inflation outpacing wage growth over much of the past year. Read
more on the Business Times website.
Finland tried to end homelessness. What can we learn from its runaway
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The Housing First policy led to the number of homeless people in Finland
dropping by half. Those with firsthand experience explain why it worked
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