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Britain's housing boom is still going strong as house prices continued to rise last month, the latest survey by Halifax reveals.

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The price gap between the north and the south of Britain may soon be a thing of the past as the property market has made a leap in the less expensive parts of the country, suggests a survey by Halifax.

The average UK house burst through the £150,000 price level in March, thanks to monthly house price inflation of 2.2%, which took annualised inflation to 18.5%, Halifax says.

The UK housing market is steaming ahead full pelt according to a troika of surveys just out, which will more than offset news inflation as measured by the government's preferred index fell last month.

UK property prices continued their upward trend in January as first-time buyers returned to the housing market, according to Hometrack.