Current housing market prices and recent news
The prices of property in the UK are ever changing, we try to keep you informed and up-to-date with prperty prices by supplying recent property price information... 
North West UK
House prices in the north-west were up 3.2 per cent in the 12 months since April 2007, the third smallest growth of England's regions. That is according to new figures from the Communities and Local Government (CLG) out today. This is 1.7 percentage points below the UK average of 4.9 per cent. The survey finds the average house price in the north-west in April was £162,834.
North East UK
House prices in the north-east were up five per cent in the 12 months since April 2007, the fourth largest growth of England's regions. That is according to new figures from the Communities and Local Government (CLG) out today. This is 0.1 percentage points above the UK average of 4.9 per cent. The survey finds the average house price in the north-east in April was £151,330.
South East UK
House prices in the south-east were up 6.3 per cent in the 12 months since April 2007, the second largest growth of England's regions. That is according to new figures from the Communities and Local Government (CLG) out today. This is 1.4 percentage points above the UK average of 4.9 per cent. The survey finds the average house price in the south-east in April was £276,480.
South West UK
House prices in the south-west were up 3.3 per cent in the 12 months since April 2007, the fourth smallest growth of England's regions.
That is according to new figures from the Communities and Local Government (CLG) out today.
This is 1.6 percentage points below the UK average of 4.9 per cent.
The survey finds the average house price in the south-west in April was £226,366
The Midlands UK
House prices in the East Midlands were up 1.2 per cent in the 12 months since April 2007, the smallest growth of England's regions. That is according to new figures from the Communities and Local Government (CLG) out today. This is 3.7 percentage points below the UK average of 4.9 per cent. The survey finds the average house price in the East Midlands in April was £170,916.
Scottish House prices
House prices in Scotland were up 7.7 per cent in the 12 months since April 2007, the largest growth in the UK's regions. That is according to new figures from the Communities and Local Government (CLG) out today. This is 2.8 percentage points above the UK average of 4.9 per cent. The survey finds the average house price in Scotland in April was £165,994.
Welsh House prices
Welsh counties have the fastest rising house prices in the UK, a new survey reveals today. Six of the ten British counties experiencing the largest rate of house price growth were in Wales, with the other four in Scotland. Halifax's breakdown of property values by county shows house prices in Merthyr Tydfil in Wales had the biggest increase, rising 175 per cent since 2001 - going from £45,578 to £125,450.
Second place Blaenau Gwent also experienced huge price increases - rising 160 per cent over the same period. However, the county still has the cheapest average house prices in the UK, at £107,451. It was also the cheapest British county to buy a home in 2001, when the average property in cost £41,352.
"Overall, there has been little change in the relative position of counties in the house price league over the past five years," commented Martin Ellis, Halifax chief economist. "Counties in the south-east have retained their position as the most expensive whilst the least expensive counties continue to be in Scotland and Wales," he added.
The survey also finds there is no longer any county where average house prices are below £100,000, whereas in five years ago 63 out of 101 counties had prices at this level. The number of counties pushing past the £200,000 average house price mark has gone from one (Surrey) to 19. Surrey is now the only UK county where the average property costs over £300,000, the county's house prices going up 50 per cent in five years to reach £328,453.
Top ten UK counties experiencing biggest price growth
- 1- Merthyr Tydfil - up 175 per cent (£45,578 - £125,450)
- 2 - Blaenau Gwent - up 160 per cent (£41,352 - £107,451)
- 3 - Carmarthenshire - up 156 per cent (£61,365 - £157,149)
- 4 - Isle of Anglesey - up 143 per cent (£70,390 - £170,951)
- 5 - Rhondda, Cynon, Taff - up 138 per cent (£51,147 - £121,752)
- 6 - Conwy - up 136 per cent (£ 71,432 - £168,528)
- 7- Clackmannanshire - up 135 per cent (£58,634 - £137,683)
- 8 - East Ayrshire - up 133 per cent (£54,913 - £128,097)
- 9 - Dundee City - up 131 per cent (£53,848 - £124,301)
- 10 - Moray - up 130 per cent (£59,813 - £137,629)
Top ten UK counties experiencing smallest price growth
- 1- Hampshire - up 41 per cent (£152,992 - £216,371)
- 2 - Wiltshire - up 41 per cent (£135,625 - £191,856)
- 3 - Berkshire - up 42 per cent (£197,530 - £279,779)
- 4 - Oxfordshire - up 43 per cent (£187,518 - £269,075)
- 5 - Hertfordshire - up 46 per cent (£193,616 - £283,357)
- 6 - Buckinghamshire - up 47 per cent (£185,037 - £272,118)
- 7 - Surrey - up 50 per cent (£218,972 - £328,453)
- 8 - West Sussex - up 53 per cent (£161,641 - £247,681)
- 9 - Worcestershire - up 53 per cent (£127,363 - £195,363)
- 10 - Bedfordshire - up 55 per cent (£128,474 - £198,756)
Northern Ireland
House prices in Northern Ireland were down 2.9 per cent in the 12 months since April 2007, the largest fall in the UK's regions. That is according to new figures from the Communities and Local Government (CLG) out today. This is 7.8 percentage points below the UK average of 4.9 per cent. The survey finds the average house price in Northern Ireland in April was £224,664.