Rise in London house prices slows, experts find
House prices in the capital have slowed to what experts say is the weakest growth in 18 months. Property analyst Hometrack found house prices rose by only 0.1% month-on-month in July.
Where house prices rose and fell around UK in July
- House prices were unchanged month-on-month in London, Wales and the North East, while they increased by 0.1% in Yorkshire and Humberside.
- They increased by 0.2% in the East, West Midlands and the North West.
- And by 0.3% in the South East and the South West.
- East Anglia recorded the strongest month-on-month uplift in property values at 0.5%.
- Across England and Wales, around one quarter (24%) of postcode districts saw prices increase over the month, falling back strongly from the spring, when around 50% of postcodes were recording price gains.
- Around 1.5% of postcodes across the country saw prices fall month-on-month in July.
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