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UK HOME-BUYERS NOT PUT OFF BY DOWNTURN
ECONOMIC gloom might be hitting retail sales, but bigger spending plans are still on track, according to a report from Santander out today. Eight per cent of Londoners intend to buy a house in the next year, while 31 per cent – the highest proportion in the country – plan to buy in the next five years. Nationally, 25 per cent intend to buy.