UK RICS data rose to -30 in December from -41 in November

<p>The UK's Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) house price balance, which measures the gap between the percentage of surveyors seeing rises and falls in house prices, rose to -30 in December</p><ul><li>expected -34</li><li>-41 in November </li></ul><p>RICS measure of new buyer enquiries rose to a net
balance of -3 in December</p><ul><li>ts least negative since April 2022</li><li>from November -13</li></ul><p>Agreed home sales increased to
-6 in December, the highest reading since March 2022
</p><p> Tarrant Parsons, senior economist at RICS:</p><ul><li>
"Supported by an easing in mortgage interest rates of late,
buyer demand has now stabilised, and this is expected to
translate into a slight recovery in residential sales volumes
over the coming months"</li></ul><p>Info via Reuters </p><p>Not a GBP mover</p>

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.