U.K. prices fall for first time since June 2021

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U.K. prices fall for first time since June 2021

The long-expected slowdown of U.K. housing prices has begun.

The average house price fell by 0.1% month over month to 293,221 US $354,453 in July, the first decrease since June 2021, according to a report Friday from U.K. bank and mortgage provider Halifax.

According to Russell Galley, the average residence in Halifax is about 30,000 more dollars per year, with prices still 11.8% higher than they were at this time last year.

He said in the report that there was a slowdown in annual house price growth and that we shouldn't read too much into any single month, even though the fall is only fractional. The housing market has recently seen a softening of activity, while rising borrowing costs are adding to the squeeze on household budgets against a backdrop of exceptionally high house price-to-income ratios. The Bank of England has increased its interest rates by 1.75% from 1.25%, the biggest hike since 1995, despite the fact that inflation, economic concerns and rising interest rates are slowing growth.

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Jeremy Leaf, a London agent and former residential chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors RICS, said we were not expecting a major correction and demand remains unsatisfied, rents at such a high level and employment so strong. The data shows that larger houses are more expensive than their smaller counterparts in terms of price growth. The average price of a detached house went up by 15.1% to 60,860 in July, compared to 7.7% 11,962 for apartments.

The average property price was 222,639, and Wales saw the greatest price appreciation last month, as it went up 14.7% annually, the figures show. It was followed by the South West of England, where prices went up 14.3% for a cost of 310,846, and Northern Ireland, which had a 14% jump to 187,102.

In London, there was a 7.9% increase in average prices, the largest in nearly five years. The average price of a property was 551,777.