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The UK housing market is experiencing negative growth for the second successive month, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Less than one in fifteen home buyers recognise low interest rates and inflation as a key reasons for Britain's house price boom, according to research from Propertyfinder.com.

Stamp duty revenue from residential property sales has risen 40% in 2006/07, according to figures from HM Revenue and Customs.

Potential equity release customers should not to rush into releasing equity from their home, even if house prices begin to fall, according to Daren Carter of In Retirement Services.

House price growth remained steady at around 11% per year in August, according to Assetz composite house price index.

Most homeowners would not consider selling their property if house prices were to fall, and some would even consider buying more property, according to a report from the Building Societies Association (BSA).

House price growth has turned negative in August, with a sharp fall in demand, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Retired homeowners are making a total of £151m every day due to house price inflation, according to research from Prudential.

House prices are set to grow modestly in the coming months and the interest rate cycle will reach its peak by the end of 2007, according to members of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA).

Halifax's latest house price index puts the average UK house price at just under £200,000 but shows signs the UK property market is slowing down.