UK month-on-month house prices fall for third month in May as COVID hits market - Halifax

LONDON (Reuters) - British house prices fell for a third successive month in May as the coronavirus crisis hit the market, but the decline was less sharp than in April, mortgage lender Halifax said on Friday.Prices fell by 0.2% in month-on-month terms, compared with a 0.6% fall in April from March.Compared with May 2019, prices rose by 2.6%, a bit slower than April's 2.7% annual rise, Halifax said.