Economics
House-Price Worries Weigh on U.K. Consumers' Confidence
- Consumer confidence continues rise to highest since March
- Homeowners believe value of their properties will decrease
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U.K. consumers continue to gain back confidence lost after the Brexit vote, but home values are becoming a concern.
An index from YouGov and the Centre for Economics and Business Research published Thursday showed that consumer confidence rose to its highest measure since March, with people reporting a more positive outlook for their future household finances and job security. Measures of house values, by contrast, dropped.