article_snippet: House prices are up 5.1 per cent on a year ago, a report has revealed - but growth is still slowing and some areas are even in decline.
article_snippet: A report has revealed house prices are up 5.1 per cent across Britain - but growth has been slowing for seven months in a row .
article_snippet: Last June, prices were climbing at a rate of 11.8 per cent year-on-year.
article_snippet: On a month-on-month basis, house prices edged up by 0.1 per cent in March, following a 0.1 per cent decrease in February.
article_snippet: In Scotland, house prices have increased by 1.3 per cent year on year, taking Bradford, Plymouth, Leicester and Cardiff were among the weakest to £140,180 on average, and in Northern Ireland Bradford, Plymouth, Leicester and Cardiff were among the weakest have increased by 5.7 per cent, pushing Bradford, Plymouth, Leicester and Cardiff were among the weakest to £121,052 typically.
article_snippet: The North of England has bucked the general trend seen across the UK, seeing the annual pace of price growth accelerate from 4.4 per cent at the end of last year to 4.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2015.
article_snippet: The average house price in The North of England England is £125,299.
article_snippet: Robert Gardner, Nationwide's chief economist, said that, across the UK, average house prices are currently around 2 per cent above the levels seen before the financial crisis.