Home costs dropped by -2.7% in April, reflecting the distorting results of the tip of the March stamp obligation vacation.
This introduced the typical UK home worth right down to £265,000.
On the finish of Could minimal stamp obligation thresholds reverted from £250,000 to £125,000.
In the meantime, for first-time patrons it modified from £425,000 to £300,000.
Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves, mentioned: “While the month-to-month charge of progress declined within the month following the stamp obligation deadline, we’ve nonetheless seen optimistic motion on an annual foundation and this long run measure is a much more correct view of total market well being.
“Within the months which have adopted, we’ve seen patrons and sellers push on with their plans to maneuver and so any preliminary discount in home costs because of the stamp obligation deadline could have been quick lived.”
Regardless of the month-to-month drop, annual home worth progress stood at 3.5% in April.
Mark Harris, chief govt of mortgage dealer SPF Personal Shoppers, mentioned: “The easing of core and headline CPI is prone to help expectations for additional rate of interest cuts later this yr in August and November quite than this week.
“Within the meantime, lenders have loads of liquidity and are displaying that they’re eager to lend.
“Mortgage charges are regular on the entire, with some lenders persevering with to cut back charges and ease standards, serving to debtors tackle larger mortgages than they could have been in a position to simply a short time in the past.
“There are additionally indicators of innovation with regard to serving to first-time patrons specifically, which is nice for the general well being of the housing market because it permits these additional up the ladder to make their strikes.”
