House sales rise for fourth month

House sales have increased for four months in a row, in further signs that confidence in the market is picking up, surveyors have reported.

An overall balance of 15% more surveyors said that sales rose rather than fell in January, continuing a general trend of sales increases seen for four consecutive months, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said.
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