UK Cities House price Index July
August 26, 2016
Hometrack today released the UK Cities House Price Index July 2016 headlined ’20 city house price growth starting to slow’.
The report begins by stating that the annual rate of house price inflation across the 20 cities has started to slow after 12 successive months of rising house price inflation. more….
City level house price growth running at 9.5% but starting to slow.
London registers slowest growth in a quarter for 17 months on weak demand and rising supply.
House price growth in large regional cities outside southern England, continues to hold steady at 7-8% per annum with no sign of an imminent slowdown.
To read the Hometrack UK cities HPI report in full with data click here
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