House prices up 6.6% in past year, the Halifax says
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E-mail this to a friend Printable version Prices will be flat this year the Halifax says House prices have gone up by 6.6% in the past year, according to the latest Halifax house price survey.
Although this was the fastest annual rate of increase since October 2007, the mortgage lender stressed that the trend in recent months has been for price rises to slow down.
Prices fell slightly in April by 0.1%, taking the cost of the average UK home to £168,202.
Source: BBC News