ONS House Price Index for August

Published yesterday, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) House Price Index (HPI) for August 2015

The ONS report in the year to August 2015-

• UK average house prices increased by 5.2%, the same annual rate as July. 
• Annual house price inflation in England is 5.6% , Wales is 0.8%, Northern Ireland is 2.9%,  Scotland is -0.9%. 
• England's highest annual regional rates remain the East (8.8%) and the South East (7.4%). 
• Annual house price inflation for first-time buyers was 3.8%.
• Annual house price inflation for owner-occupiers (existing owners) was 5.8%.
• The average UK house price is now £284,000.

Read in full the ONS House Price Index for August 2015

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