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Unexpected Fall Of UK House Prices

Unexpected Fall Of UK House Prices

BY Realty Plus
Published - Monday, 06 May, 2024
Unexpected Fall Of UK House Prices

House prices fell in April, second month in a row, as potential buyers continued to face pressure on affordability, according to the Nationwide.

The UK's biggest building society said that UK house prices were down by 0.4% compared with the previous month. It said the average home cost £261,962, some 4% below the peak in the summer of 2022. The rising cost of borrowing was key to the latest fall in prices. The figures come after a string of lenders raised rates on new fixed-rate mortgage deals in recent days.

The increases were prompted by expectations of fewer and slower interest rate cuts by the Bank of England. The Halifax is the latest lender to announce higher rates, with a plan to put up the cost of much of its mortgage range by 0.2 percentage points.

The interest rate on a fixed mortgage does not change until the deal expires, usually after two or five years, and a new one is chosen to replace it. Doing nothing would leave people on a variable rate, which is very expensive. About 1.6 million existing borrowers have relatively cheap fixed-rate deals expiring this year.

This is the second consecutive monthly fall in UK house prices, according to Nationwide’s data. Every area has its own factors affecting house prices, so property values would have changed at varying rates in different parts of the country. The figures are based on the building society's own mortgage lending, which does not include buyers who purchase homes with cash, or buy-to-let deals. Cash buyers account for about a third of housing sales.  On an annual basis, the pace of house price growth slowed from 1.6% in March to 0.6% in April.

The Nationwide said that potential first-time buyers were being put off their plans to purchase a property owing to high house prices and the high cost of borrowing. Its survey suggested that about half of those considering buying a first home in the five years, had delayed their plans over the last year.

Demand for smaller homes such as flats had been increasing at a faster rate than bigger properties, owing to the squeeze on affordability. It said there had been a switch in demand, reversing the "race for space" that was seen during the Covid pandemic when buyers searched for bigger homes.

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