The average UK house price in December was £195,804, up £9,286 since the start of 2010 and down by nine per cent since the peak of the market in October 2007. House prices grew by one per cent throughout 2010, and reached a 23-month high of £201,860 in July, data from the Assetz house price watch has shown. Assetz house price watch compiles monthly average figures taken from five of the major house price indices to offer a more accurate picture of house price trends: Halifax, Nationwide, RightMove, CLG House Price Index and LSL Acadametrics.

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