UK house prices flatten out month-on-month in June
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UKhouse prices remained flat in June, showing no month-on-month change according to Halifax, after a 0.3 per cent fall in May.
The average UK property price is currently £296,665, a 2.5 per cent increase compared to a year ago.
Halifax attributes the market's resilience to factors including rising wages, easing affordability pressures and greater confidence among buyers as interest rates stabilise.
However, experts like Sarah Coles from Hargreaves Lansdown caution that high house prices are pushing affordability to its limit, despite some mortgage rate reductions.
Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, suggests that despite steady prices, high supply and weak demand indicate it is a buyer's market, with modest single-digit growth anticipated in 2025.