Britain's housing market picked up in February but property surveyors said uncertainty over the Bank of England's interest rates path could temper demand, a closely watched industry survey showed on Thursday. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) gauge of new buyer enquiries rose to a net balance of +6 last month, the same as a downwardly revised +6 in January, and marking the joint-strongest reading since February 2022. Its measure of house prices, while still negative, rose to its highest since October 2022 at -10% from -18% in January. Economists polled by Reuters had pointed to a reading of -11%. ... (full story)