The average house price in the UK is now £25,000 more than in November 2020, but property experts say it's not all good news.

Rightmove, Nationwide, Halifax, LSL and many others tell The Negotiator they are suspending or reviewing their house price index operations until the market revives.

Official ONS figures show a 2% drop during February and a 3.8% year-on-year drop as the capital's buyers hold off until Brexit is solved.

Read how stamp duty and brexit limbo are being blamed for a continuing sluggish housing market around the UK, except in Midlands where prices are rising by 6%.

Research boffins at the Office of National Statistics have given the Land Registry house price index their official stamp of approval.

Although prices are holding steady, property sales across the UK have dropped alarmingly over the past year, particularly in London, says the Land Registry.

Latest Rightmove House Price Index reveals continued tumult in market as high house price frighten off buyers in London and South, but buyers bid higher elsewhere.

Newly marketed properties in the UK have risen by an average of £4,503 says Rightmove, with prices highest in the first timer and second stepper sectors.