Latest index shows slight dip in UK house price growth

House prices in the UK in the last three months were 1.4% higher than the previous three months, the smallest rise since December 2014, according to the latest index figures to be published. Month on month they decreased by 0.2% but are 9% higher in the three months to November than in the same three months than a year ago, taking the average price to £204,552, the data from the Halifax shows. Martin Ellis, Halifax housing economist, pointed out that the annual rate of price growth eased from 9...