Home owners in the North are most confident about house prices rising

Home owners in the North of the UK are more confident about the housing market outlook bit overall the vast majority nationwide expect prices to increase in the next six months, the latest sentiment survey suggests. Some 80% of home owners believe that prices in their area will rise before the end of 2019 by as much as 4.8%, according to the survey from property portal Zoopla. Those in Yorkshire and Humber and the North West are the most optimistic about their local property market and 91% of respondents in both areas expect house price rises over the next six months, followed by those in the North West at 90.5% and Scotland at 90.3%.