House prices remain on the up

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House prices remain on the up

The average UK house price continues to rise, reaching a national high this month says online property website Rightmove after conducting its latest house price index.

An average property price was reported as £218, 954, which represents a two per cent rise on September and a growth rate of 11.5 per cent in the past year.

The south saw the highest price increase with London's Kensington and Chelsea witnessing an average increase in house price in the area rise from £603,203 to just under £1 million at £999,087.

Pointing towards a "unique" situation regarding housing, the commercial director at Rightmove, Miles Shipside, stated: "We have never had a sustained low inflation, low interest rate economy combined with widespread home ownership."

However, Mr Shipside warned: "Where affordability becomes so stretched that buyers start to hold off, then sellers will have to price more realistically."

The average duration for a property to remain on the market decreased from 79 to 77 days, displaying that demand for houses in the UK grows ever higher.

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