In the UK, Nationwide building society said that house prices increased by 0.9% in March, slowing the annual rate of decline to 15.7%, while in the US there was a surprise increase in factory orders.

在英国，国家建筑协会说在3月份放假上涨了0.9%，减缓了年度利率下降到15.7%的水平。 而在美国，工业订单有了令人吃惊的增长。

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However, one of the biggest mortgage lenders, the Nationwide building society, cut some of its fixed rate loans for new borrowers by up to 0.3%.

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And the latest figures from the Principality Building Society indicated that house prices in Wales would not continue to grow at the same rate.

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Leeds Building Society credited some of its success on the savings front to the popularity of its fixed rate bonds, which allowed customers unlimited access to a proportion of their money without penalty during the product's term.

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