Its housing guide is a good source of advertising revenue since housing management companies generally have regular cash flow.

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During the bus ride from Beijing airport to the Shangri-La Hotel, the tour guide kept mentioning housing prices.

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If house prices in general are moving in line with the price of a typical house, this approach gives a good guide to changes in housing wealth, which is what matters for the Bank of England as it assesses the economy.

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