A home is advertised for sale in London, Britain August 4, 2016. REUTER
LONDON, June 1 (Reuters) – British house prices fell 0.6% in May, leaving them 1.7% higher than a year earlier, monthly figures from mortgage lender Nationwide Building Society showed on Monday.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a median 0.2% drop for May alone and a year-on-year increase of 2.2% for the month.
Reporting by Suban Abdulla; editing by Sarah Young
