PropertyInvesting.net: property investment ideas, advice, insights, trends
Propertyinvesting.net: Property Investment ideas, advice, insights, trends

PropertyInvesting.net: Property Investment News

 Property News

more news articles...

House price rises slowed to 6.7% in 2015, says ONS


02-15-2016

 

From the section Business

housing estate
Image copyright Thinkstock

House prices in the UK rose by 6.7% in 2015, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) - a considerable slowdown on the previous year.

In 2014 prices rose by 9.8%, according to ONS figures.

Prices increased fastest in England, at 7.3%, and slowest in Scotland, where they fell 0.2% during 2015.

The value of houses and flats rose by just 1% in Wales, and by 1.5% in Northern Ireland.

The average price at the end of December was £288,000.

Where prices rose fastest in 2015
Region Price change
Eastern England + 9.7%
London + 9.4%
South East + 8.8%
East Midlands + 5.0%
South West + 4.7%
North West + 3.7%
West Midlands + 3.5%
Yorks and Humberside + 2.6%
Northern Ireland + 1.5%
Wales + 1%
North East + 0.9%
Scotland - 0.2%
Source: ONS

The ONS figure is in the middle of a range of estimates produced by other organisations.

Halifax, the UK's largest mortgage lender, said prices rose by as much as 9.5% in 2015, while the Nationwide Building Society put the increase at just 4.5%.

The Land Registry of England and Wales said the annual inflation rate was 6.4%.

Separate figures show that the number of new mortgages taken out in 2015 was roughly the same as in 2014.

But the Council of Mortgage Lenders said the amount being borrowed had risen from £112bn in 2014 to £118bn in 2015 - an increase of 5.3%

www.bbc.co.uk/

back to top

Site Map | Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Contact Us | ©2018 PropertyInvesting.net