Annual UK average house price increase of 4.9% according to HPI June data
August 15, 2017
The UK House Price Index (HPI) from HM Land Registry for June 2017 published today shows house price changes for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The June data shows:
An annual price increase of 4.9% which takes the average property value in the UK to £223,257.
House prices have risen by 0.8% since May 2017.
The monthly index figure for the UK was 117.1
The UK Property Transaction statistics showed that in June 2017 the number of seasonally adjusted property transactions completed in the UK with a value of £40,000 or above increased by 1% compared with June 2016. Comparing June 2017 with May 2017, property transactions fell by 3.3%.
Read the UK House Price Index (HPI) report June 2017 in full with data click here.
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