House prices in the UK increased by 3.5% in the year to September 2018, up from 3.1% in August 2018, taking the average price to £233,000, the latest official data shows. However, over the past two years, there has been a slowdown in house price growth, driven mainly by a slowdown in the South and East of England, according to the figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The figures also shows that prices fell by 0.3% over the year in London but this was up from a fall of 0.6% in the year to August 2018. On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in the UK were unchanged between August and September, […]