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UK House Prices Rose Unexpectedly in April - Halifax
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Posted on May 8, 2025
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Posted on May 8, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleUK house prices rose by 0.3% in April, according to Halifax, defying a predicted 0.1% fall. Annual prices increased by 3.2%, exceeding expectations.
LONDON (Reuters) -British house prices rose unexpectedly in April, figures from mortgage lender Halifax showed on Thursday.
Halifax said house prices rose by 0.3% in April after a 0.5% fall in March. A Reuters poll of economists had pointed to a fall of 0.1% for April.
House prices were 3.2% higher on the year - higher than the 2.6% rise forecast in the poll.
(Reporting by Andy Bruce; Editing by Catarina Demony)
The main topic is the unexpected rise in UK house prices in April, as reported by Halifax.
Economists predicted a 0.1% fall in UK house prices for April.
House prices increased by 3.2% annually, according to Halifax.
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