Halifax reports house price and sales growth

9th October 2015

The number of house sales in the UK increased 3% to 106,480 in August – the highest monthly total since February 2014, when the introduction of the Government's Help to Buy scheme boosted sales to 109,030, according to the Halifax house price index. Average property prices are up 8.6% to £202,859 in the year to September. However, month-on-month they dropped 0.9% from August.

The Times (07/10/2015)