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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent

Value of UK housing stock hit record £8.7tn in 2022

Houses in Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester.
Houses in Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester. Savills expects 2022 to represent a ‘high watermark’ for value of Britain’s housing stock. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

The total value of all homes across the UK has reached a record high of £8.7tn but rising mortgage costs are likely to lead to a dip in 2023.

The country’s 30m homes were valued by the estate agent Savills at a combined £8.68tn at the end of 2022, a rise of just over 5% or £425bn on a year earlier.

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