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In charts: London house prices have risen 21.6 per cent in the last year
The average price paid for a home in London rose 21.6 per cent to £467,070 in the year to August, data by the Land Registry shows.
This particular set of data is interesting in that it looks at prices paid by people buying homes. Nationally, prices rose 8.4 per cent to £177.824.
Between July and August, prices rose 2.7 per cent in the capital,