- The stagnation in the Halifax house price index in June suggests that the housing market remains slow to recover from both the rise in stamp duty on 1st April and the weak economy. While there are some encouraging signs that a recovery is underway, it probably won’t happen soon enough to meet our current forecast of a 3.5% rise in prices in the year to Q4 2025.
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