House price growth soars to 18 year high📈📅

House price growth soars to 18 year high📈📅

Annual house price growth increased to 14.3%, from 12.6% in February - the strongest pace of increase since November 2004, according to this morning's data released by Nationwide.

Regionally, Wales remained the strongest performing region in Q1 with house prices up 15.3% year-on-year, while London remained the weakest despite a noticeable uptick in annual price growth in the first quarter to 7.4%. To continue reading, please Click Here


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