UK house prices have hit a “record high”, going up 2.1% to £367,501 from last month to this, according to Rightmove. 

Property prices have risen £55,000 in the past two years, compared to a £6,000 rise in the two years before the pandemic, the property service’s monthly house price index has shown. There was an annual price growth of 10.2% between May last year and this.