LONDON: London’s house price slump left Britain values stagnating for a fifth month in September as Brexit concerns and interest rate rises discouraged buyers.

The Britain’s negotiations over leaving the EU dominated the concerns of London agents in the monthly survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. They said there hasn’t been much of a pickup after the traditional summer lull, with buyers more cautious and sellers forced to cut prices to secure an offer.

Nationwide, prices weakened slightly last month, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said in a report yesterday. Brokers in the capital reported the steepest slide in home values, with the southeast and East Anglia deteriorating. That was offset by increases across much of the rest of the country.

New buyer demand declined for the second successive report, with RICS’s forward-looking sales expectation indicators turning more pessimistic.

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