The growth in house prices is showing signs of slowing down, according to Zoopla’s house price index. The data shows that property prices increased by 7.8% to £244,100 in the year to January, while new home listings were 5% higher in January than the five-year average. However, there are signs the rate of growth is slowing, with property values up by just 0.9% in the past three months. This marks the slowest growth since August 2020. Grainne Gilmore, head of research at Zoopla, said the sheer level of activity in the market in recent years “eroded” the stock of homes for sale, but added that data indicates that more homes are now coming to the market and this will create more choice for buyers. She added that the imbalance between high demand and supply “will take much longer to unwind, and this imbalance will continue to underpin pricing in the coming year.”
The Independent
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