Coastal hotspots have seen annual house price growth of 4.2% in the past 12 months, bucking the wider national trend that has seen British property values stagnate.

The latest provisional estimates released by HM Land Registry have shown that annual UK house price growth was 1.1% in the 12 months to April 2024.

House prices in June are sticking to predictable seasonal trends and have remained largely flat over the month.

The economic turmoil which has caused the property market to stagnate over the past year is seemingly not bound by class, according to new research.

The peer-to-peer real estate investment platform suggests that recent optimism in the UK property market could be well-founded.

With weekly pension income only increasing by 1% p.a. in real terms over the last decade, many over 50s may look to other sources of income to afford the retirement they want.

UK house prices have paused in the lead-up to next month's General Election, down just -0.1% on a monthly basis.

House prices have fallen across almost half of UK local authority districts in the past year, according to Open Property Group's latest data.

Annual house price growth has shown a 'modest' rebound in May, rising to 1.3% from 0.6% in April, according to this morning's data release by Nationwide.

Historical analysis has revealed that house prices climb by an average of 5.4% in post-election years.