The housing market is expected to stage a recovery in 2024 after average UK house prices fell by only £4,000 last year, according to official figures.
The figures suggest that a slowdown in the housing sector in 2023 triggered by rising mortgage costs may be over, and a downward trend in house prices has bottomed out.
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