UK city house price growth slows to 1.7% in this months 20-cities index report. The slowdown has extended into cities across southern England.
Above average price inflation in regional cities with sales volumes up to 19% higher than 2015.
17 cities within the 20 cities index are registering yoy growth. House price growth has been driven by rising levels of employment and income growth.
UK city house price growth
House price growth – % yoy current / 12m ago
Price changes
London house price growth
The annual rate of house price inflation in London equates to 0.0%
Fastest growing cities
Liverpool, Leicester and Manchester have the fastest house price growth
Slowest growing cities
Oxford, Aberdeen and London are the cities with the slowest growth
Change in price from 2008 and sales from 2015
The graph above shows the relationship between price growth since 2008 and the change in sales since 2015. It shows that cities with the greatest increase in house prices have registered a steeper decline in sales since 2015 – the year with the highest overall sales since 2007.
City level summary
