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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Lauren Almeida

Property prices flat in June amid signs UK job market may be ‘softening’

House for sale sign on a property in Northleach, Gloucestershire
Global economic uncertainty appears to have contributed to a slowing down of the UK housing market. Photograph: Alamy

The housing market was flat in June as signs emerge that the UK jobs market may be “softening”, one of Britain’s biggest mortgage lenders has said.

The average price for a house in the UK was £296,665 in June, according to Halifax, compared with £296,782 in May. It comes after a slight drop of 0.3% in May, although the average house price was still about 2.5% higher in June compared with a year earlier.

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