Housing market indicators for January suggested moderate demand which continues to outmatch supply.
March 21, 2017
Published today from the Land Registry available on the Gov.UK website UK House Price Index summary: January 2017.
This is a monthly report that shows changes in average house prices for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Statistics for January2017 show that the average price of a property in the UK was £218,255.
Housing market indicators for January suggested moderate demand which continues to outmatch supply. UK House prices grew by 6.2% in the year to January 2017, 0.5 percentage points higher than December 2016. However this still remains below the average annual house price growth seen in 2016 which was 7.4%.
Read the UK House Price Index summary for January 2017 in full click here
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