UK house prices fall for third month on COVID hit, Halifax says

LONDON (Reuters) - British house prices fell for a third straight month in May as the coronavirus crisis hit the market, but the decline was smaller than April's, mortgage lender Halifax said on Friday.Prices fell by 0.2% in March from April, compared with a 0.6% fall in April from March. Compared with May 2019, prices were up by 2.6%, a bit slower than April's 2.7% annual rise, Halifax said.The relaxation of the coronavirus lockdown for the housing market in England in mid-May had led to some..