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UK House Prices Surge 3.5% in May 2025 Amid Economic Recovery, ET RealEstate

LONDON: British house prices in May were 3.5% higher than a year earlier, monthly data from mortgage lender Nationwide showed on Monday, after an unexpected 0.5% monthly increase largely reversed a fall in April.Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a 0.1% monthly increase and a 2.9% annual increase.The seasonally adjusted monthly increase was the largest since December, while the annual gain was the second-smallest since October, after April's 3.4% rise. British property sales surged in March as buyers sought to complete transactions before the end of a partial exemption on...
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Government attacks on private property ignore and upend American legal tradition

4-minute readAndrew P. Napolitano  |  Special to the USA TODAY NetworkCan FBI be sued if agents raid wrong house? Supreme Court to weigh in.Trina Martin, son Gabe Watson and partner Toi Cliatt seek compensation after their house was mistakenly raided by the FBI.The British government's use of general warrants, allowing searches of colonists' homes without specific cause, contributed to the American Revolution.The Fourth Amendment, designed to protect the right to privacy and property, requires probable cause for government searches.The author argues that the probable cause standard is insufficient, as natural...
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