Nationwide's July index showed annual house price growth slowing to 1.8%, from 2.2% in June (nationwidehousepriceindex.co.uk).
House price markets resolve on the headline annual growth rate in Nationwide's monthly House Price Index report, published at nationwide.co.uk on the first working day of the following month.
Nationwide's own figures for the last four years split evenly. We asked whether faster house price growth in June carried on into the second half of the year, comparing each June's yearly rate with December's. Twice growth was faster by December, and twice it was slower.