Cost of moving has slowed since 2000

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The cost of moving house for the average home owner has risen more slowly than the increase in house prices since 2000, according to the Woolwich.

In its annual ‘Cost of moving home survey 2006’, the Woolwich found for those on the lower rungs of the property ladder, the cost of moving from an average terraced home of around £149,906 to a semi-detached house at £174,744 costs home owners in England and Wales £5,304. In 2000, home owners paid around £3,333 to make the same kind of move from a terraced to a semi-detached house, which is an increase of just 59% compared to house price growth of 95% on these types of homes. But the Woolwich point out the further up the ladder you go, the more expensive it gets, as moving from a semi-d...

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