UK house prices rise for first time in five months

Shortage of properties on market inflates prices as buyers shrug off uncertainty over general election and BrexitUK households put the brakes on plans to move home in May, as uncertainty over the general election put them off making big spending decisions.Buyers and sellers opted to “wait and see” ahead of today’s election according to estate agents surveyed by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Enquiries from new buyers fell and the number of properties placed on th