UK house prices jump by most in two years, ONS says
Average house prices rose by an annual 4.9% to 269,000 pounds ($346,956.20) in January 2025, the fastest increase since January 2023 and up from a 4.6% increase in the 12 months to November, the ONS said.
Private-sector rents across Britain in February were 8.1% higher than in the same month last year at 1,326 pounds a month, slowing from January's 8.7% rise.
($1 = 0.7753 pounds)
(Reporting by Suban Abdulla; editing by Sarah Young)
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