RICS House Price Boost

This morning’s Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors data showed a surprise increase in house prices for June – showing the second-highest monthly increase in the number of houses increasing in price, since the survey began in 1978.

Retail sales data released overnight also showed a 3.2% increase in the year to June.

The Pound has gained ground on these two pieces of positive news – next is retail inflation at 9.30am…