Coronavirus set to halt rise in house prices

Howard Archer, chief economic adviser to the EY Item Club, has warned that the coronavirus outbreak will bring UK house prices to a “juddering halt” in the coming months. He was speaking after data from the ONS showed that UK house prices fell by 1.1% between December and January, although they were up 1.3% on the previous year. Average UK house prices increased 1.1% over the year in England to £247,000. In Wales, they rose 2% to £162,000. And they were 1.6% up in Scotland to £152,000, and 2.5% higher in Northern Ireland to £140,000.

City AM (25/03/2020)