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The average UK house price fell 1.7% in May, compared to April, to £218,902, according to lender Nationwide.
Nationwide said the slump was the biggest monthly fall since February 2009 and attributable to the Covid-19 crisis.
Compared to a year earlier, though, the average house price in May was still 1.8% higher than it was in May 2019.