The average house price in the UK fell for the fourth month in a row in December as prices plummeted by 1.5% compared to November - the average house price is now £281,272, according to Halifax.
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December's decline was not as high the 2.4% drop in November.
Annually, house prices grew by just 2% compared with December 2021 - down from 4.6% annual increase recorded in November – and the slowest rise since October 2019 when prices were going up by 1.1%.
Mortgage approvals unsurprisingly declined to their lowest level in two years as interest rate rises deterred buyers, new Bank of England figures find.
Mortgage approval lending slumped to just 46,000 in November, down from under 58,000 in October, the BOE reports.
Home-buyers and buy-to-let investors were put off by a massive rise in mortgage interest rates following a succession of base rate hikes designed to curb soaring inflation.
Rates have gone up nine times since December 2021 to 3.5%, the highest level in 14 years.
The average 5-year fixed rate mortgage rate recently reached just under 6% hitting 100,000 per month with higher payments of up to three times their previously deal.
Economists and experts have predicted that already depressed house prices could further fall by up anything from 10% to 20% in 2023.
Bank of England figures also reveal that people are borrowing more on credit cards - up by £1.2bn - as cost of living pressures continue to hammer household and business budgets.
Despite higher rates, householders increased mortgage borrowing against their homes by an additional £4.4bn in November.
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The Bank of England has increased rates nine times since December 2021 to try to dampen the rate of price rises, also known as inflation. Interest rates are currently 3.5%, the highest level in 14 years.
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