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Fewer willing sellers won't prevent prices from falling

There have been tentative signs that prospective vendors are being deterred from bringing their properties to the market by renewed price falls. But even if supply contracts further, a combination of rising unemployment, tight credit conditions and weak demand will mean that house prices continue to fall in 2011.

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