Real estate prices in the United Kingdom (UK) fell 3.4 percent on average in the year to May, the biggest decline since 2009, mortgage lender Nationwide Building Society said Thursday.

周四，抵押贷款机构全国建筑协会表示，截至5月份，英国房地产价格平均下跌3.4%，是自2009年以来的最大跌幅。

In May, houses cost 260,736 British pounds (326,552 U.S. dollars) on average. This price represented a 0.1 percent decrease from April and remained 4 percent below the August 2022 peak, Nationwide said.

5月份，英国的房价为260,736英镑(约合326,552美元)。美元)的平均值。建筑协会表示，这一价格比4月份下降了0.1%，仍比2022年8月的峰值低4%。

The downward trend suggests buyers remain cautious about their spending, senior UK economist Gabriella Dickens at Pantheon Macroeconomics consultancy said.

咨询公司Pantheon Macroeconomics的英国高级经济学家加布里埃拉·狄更斯(Gabriella狄更斯)表示，这种下降趋势表明，买家对支出仍持谨慎态度。

Furthermore, following the release of April's inflation data, the markets expect mortgage rates to rise again in the coming months, Dickens added.

此外，狄更斯补充说，在4月份通胀数据公布后，市场预计抵押贷款利率将在未来几个月再次上升。

The UK's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 8.7 percent in the 12 months to April, greatly exceeding the consensus expectation and the Bank of England's (BoE) forecast.

截至今年4月，英国消费者价格指数(CPI)在过去12个月中上涨了8.7%，大大超出了市场普遍预期和英国央行(BoE)的预测。

To combat high inflation, the BoE has raised its benchmark interest rate to 4.5 percent, the highest level since 2008. A typical household now will see 28 percent of their disposable incomes sucked up by mortgage payments, compared to 22 percent two years ago, Dicken said.

为了应对高通胀，英国央行将基准利率上调至4.5%，为2008年以来的最高水平。迪肯说，一个典型的家庭现在28%的可支配收入被抵押贷款所消耗，而两年前这一比例为22%。