Related topic: House prices

Despite the significant rise in house prices, buyers still start paying stamp duty at the same point they did twenty years ago.

May sales agreed volumes fell 8.1% year-on-year, signalling potential weakness later in the year.

The gap gets even wider with London excluded - with a house being 2.3 times the price of a flat.

The average monthly rate of UK house price growth in April was 0.7%.

The number of homes for sale remains at historically high levels, driving price falls as competition to attract a buyer remains fierce.

Northern Ireland continues to record the UK’s strongest annual growth at 7.8%.

Savills has revised down its UK house price forecast as higher mortgage costs weigh on demand.

Annual house price growth slowed to 1.7% in May, from 3.0% in April.

Lower-band NHS workers face more than 100 years to afford a first-time buyer home in London, the new research shows.

Housing market activity is holding up in the face of uncertainty, though with fewer buyers than a year ago the outlook remains finely balanced.