<house prices> <the price of houses>

[WilliamTaft]

An example sentence using "have to" in Longman Contemporary: House prices have to go up sooner or later.

What's the difference if I say "the price of houses?"

 

[tedmc]

They mean the same, just that "house" is used as an adjective in the first.

 

[Tarheel]

An example sentence using "have to" in Longman Contemporary: House prices have to go up sooner or later.

What's the difference if I say "the priceS of houses?"

It's another way of saying the same thing. In fact, I prefer your version. That or "housing prices".

 

[PeterCW]

In BrE we would normally say "house prices".

 

[jutfrank]

What's the difference if I say "the price of houses?"

When you ask about "the difference", are you asking about meaning? Semantically, both forms have the same meaning. The difference lies in the use.

 

[WilliamTaft]

When you ask about "the difference", are you asking about meaning? Semantically, both forms have the same meaning. The difference lies in the use.

Thank you, jutfrank.

Yes, I ask the difference in meaning.

 

[jutfrank]

Okay. Yes, there's no difference in meaning.

 

[jutfrank]

Actually, I overlooked something, sorry:

house prices = the prices of houses

The word 'prices' is plural. It's about multiple prices. Each house has a different price.

 

[emsr2d2]

Yes, I'm asking about the difference in meaning.