Halifax: UK house prices fall for the first time since March

Britain’s biggest mortgage lender Halifax says house prices dropped in December but will they rise in 2025?

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House prices in the UK dipped by 0.2% month on month in December – the first monthly fall since March last year – according to figures from Britain’s biggest mortgage lender.

Data published by Halifax shows the average price of a house fell slightly to £297,166 and comes after a 3.7% rise in November, based on separate figures from rival lender Nationwide.

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Chris Newlands

Chris is a freelance journalist, and was previously an editor and correspondent at the Financial Times as well as the business and money editor at The i Newspaper. He is also the author of the Virgin Money Maker, the personal finance guide published by Virgin Books, and has written for the BBC, The Wall Street Journal, The Independent, South China Morning Post, TimeOut, Barron's and The Guardian. He is a graduate in Economics.