Average property prices leapt 4.5% in the month before the Stamp Duty holiday deadline – UK HPI

Annual property price inflation in Prime Central London has picked up to 0.8%; the highest rate since May 2016.

In the year to April's end, average house prices increased in London to £480,425 (2.3%), in England to £251,000 (2.5%), Wales to £169,000 (5.0%), Scotland to £153,000 (1.6%)

Housing affordability has improved a bit in the UK's three most expensive cities, reports Zoopla, but getting on the first rung of the housing ladder is still out-of-reach for most