UK House Prices 'Jumped 1.4% In December'

House prices in the UK rose by the biggest amount in more than four years in December, according to mortgage lender Nationwide.

It measured a 1.4% increase in the month - its best performance since August 2009 - leaving annual growth in the year to December at 8.4%.

The surge, Nationwide calculated, raised the average house price to £175,826 but London continues to outperform the rest of the country.

Prices in the capital are now 14% above their 2007 peak with the price of a typical London home at £345,186.

The North of England remains the weakest performing region though each region achieved growth in the three months to the end of December.

The latest data will further fuel concerns that the second phase of the Government's Help-To-Buy scheme is only likely to raise prices, rather than give a much-needed boost to construction. 

Prime Minister David Cameron has said that the scheme led to 6,000 extra mortgage applications between October and December.

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