No let up in house price rises as new records set
House prices continued to boom in April, surpassing the record high set the month before, the Halifax house price index revealed. The average property will now set you back £258,204, a 1.4% increase month-on-month and 8.2% year-on-year. It is the highest annual growth rate in five years, with almost £20,000 being added to the value of the average house since April 2020...