UK house prices suffer biggest fall in more than a decade as higher interest rates bite
英国房价出现10多年来最大跌幅
Nationwide figures show a greater than expected 1.1% drop in year to February
随着利率上升和生活成本危机打击需求，抵押贷款提供商Nationwide称，2月英国房价同比下跌1.1%，为2012年11月以来最大跌幅。
UK house prices registered the largest decline in more than a decade last month as higher interest rates and the wider cost of living crisis hit demand, according to a closely watched survey.
一项受到密切关注的调查显示，上月英国房价出现10多年来最大跌幅，更高的利率以及更广泛的生活成本危机打击了需求。
Property prices fell 1.1 per cent in February compared with the same month last year, the biggest drop since November 2012, and a reverse of a 1.1 per cent increase in January, mortgage provider Nationwide said on Wednesday. Economists polled by Reuters had expected a fall of 0.9 per cent.
抵押贷款提供商Nationwide周三表示，2月房地产价格较去年同月下跌1.1%，为2012年11月以来最大同比跌幅，并且逆转了1月1.1%的涨幅。路透(Reuters)调查的经济学家们此前预计房价下降0.9%。
It was the first annual contraction since June 2020 when the housing market was effectively shut during the Covid-19 lockdown. Robert Gardner, Nationwide’s chief economist, said the drop in prices reflected low buyer confidence “as well as the cumulative impact of the financial pressures that have been weighing on households for some time”.
这是自2020年6月——当时正值英国的新冠抗疫封锁期间，房地产市场实际上处于停摆状态——以来的首次同比下降。Nationwide首席经济学家罗伯特•加德纳(Robert Gardner)表示，价格下跌反映出买家信心低下，“以及一段时间以来家庭所受到的财务压力的累积影响”。
