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Nathan Emerson, of Propertymark, explains: “What we are witnessing is an encouraging uplift in consumer confidence, with an average 10% leap in prospective buyers registering their interest to purchase. "This, coupled with a desire for many existing transactions to beat any Stamp Duty increases across England and Northern Ireland before April, has opened the year with pace.” (2/2)

The average price of a property costs £297,166, up 3.3% on a year ago, says Halifax. This is how prices have changed during the past year...

The data by Goodlord found that the biggest change was in the South East, where rents ended last year at £1,328 - which is 5.7% higher than December 2023.

Average house prices rose 4.7% in a year (December 23 to December 24), to just shy of £270K, says Nationwide. However, typical values were still just below the all-time high recorded in summer 2022. Average house price now stands at £269,426.

This year has been a tough one for homebuyers. In particular, being able to meet mortgage payments has been a stretch for many potential buyers, Nationwide has said. Robert Gardner, Nationwide’s chief economist, explained: “For many of those with sufficient savings for a deposit, meeting monthly payments was a stretch because borrowing costs remained well above those prevailing in the aftermath of the pandemic. “For example, a typical mortgage rate for someone with a 25 per cent deposit hovered around 4.5% for much of the year. “This is three times the 1.5% prevailing in late 2021 before the Bank of England started to raise Bank Rate", it said.

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“The acceleration in house price growth is surprising, since affordability remains stretched by historic standards, with house prices still high relative to average incomes and interest rates well above pre-Covid levels,” he said. (3/3)