UK house market showed no end of year let up as prices rose 1.7%

House prices in the UK increased by 1.7% in December, showing none of the traditional end of year slowdown, the latest index figures show, prices now set to keep rising in 2016. The data from UK lender the Halifax, also shows that year on year prices have risen by 9.5% and were up 1.6% quarter on quarter, taking the average price to £208,286. However, the quarterly rate of change remained below 2% for the second successive month and was at its lowest values during 2015. But the annual rate of c...