U.K. House Prices Increase by 1.2% in June From Prior Month, Halifax Says

"Prices increased 1.2 percent from the previous month, when they gained a revised 0.4 percent, the mortgage unit of Lloyds Banking Group Plc said in a statement in London today. The June increase was the biggest since October. From a year earlier, prices fell 1.6 percent to an average 163,049 pounds ($261,107)"