Annual house price growth rises to 2.1%

News at Homecastle | 11/12/2019


Halifax have just announced that house prices last month saw their largest rise since the start of 2019 and that prices are now 2.1% higher on average than a year ago! 

• House prices in November were 2.1% higher than in the same month a year earlier
• On a monthly basis, house prices rose by 1.0%
• In the latest quarter (September to November) house prices were 0.2% higher than in the preceding three months (June to August)

Russell Galley, Managing Director, Halifax, said:

“Average house prices rebounded somewhat in November, with annual growth of 2.1% being driven by the biggest monthly rise since February, “Prices are now up by £3,904 since the start of the year. While a degree of uncertainty remains evident, it’s also clear that buyers and sellers are responding to factors such as improved mortgage affordability and the limited supply of available properties. “It is these issues which we believe will continue to underpin the resilience evident in the market for most of 2019. Over the medium term we expect the emerging trend of modest gains to continue into next year.”