Get the latest property market news straight to your inbox It appeared the heat had been taken out of the property market as the stamp duty holiday dwindled - returning to its usual rate at the end of the month.
But August made a "surprising" bounceback for house price growth - leaping nearly £5,000. Across the UK, the average house price in August was £248,857 – 11 per cent higher than a year earlier, Nationwide Building Society said.
And it's a similar picture for renting too. READ MORE: Manchester's property boom sees houses sell for £25k to £40k over asking price According to HomeLet, the average rental price for a new tenancy in the UK was £1,053 a month in August, which is up by 6.9 per cent from last year.
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