House prices grew at the slowest rate since 2013 in January, according to official figures that signalled the UK was heading later this year for the first fall in property values since the financial crash.
Average house prices in the UK increased by 1.7% in the year to January 2019, down from 2.2% in December 2018 and 5.1% in October 2017, the Office for National Statistics said.
If the trajectory of sliding prices over the past two years continues, the UK is expected to suffer its first fall in prices since the post-crash property slump of 2011 before the end of this year.
