Nationwide: House prices post biggest rise since start of 2010 | This is Money

Nationwide: House prices post biggest rise since start of 2010 | This is Money

House prices jumped 1.3 per cent to post the biggest monthly increase in more than two-and-half years in August, according to the latest Nationwide report.
But Britain's biggest building society also highlighted how many first-time buyers continue to be prevented from getting onto the property ladder by big deposit demands.
The average new homeowners currently has to put down a 20 per cent deposit - double the level seen before the financial crisis hit.