Streets ahead

House prices increased by £32 a day in the year to April. The average home’s value was £220,000, up £12,000 in the past year and £3,000 between March and April alone, said the Office for National Statistics. House price inflation has picked up from a recent lull, rising 5.6% year on year. But there are eye-watering variations across the country. The average home in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea is worth £1.4million, compared with Burnley, Lancs, where the average house is worth £76,000.