House prices 'set to remain upward'

​%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%House sales have lifted to their strongest levels in six years as expectations that property prices are set to lift higher broaden out across the country, surveyors have reported.

But there are also signs that the pace of strong house price growth seen in London could cool in the second half of the year, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' (Rics) housing market report for April found.