Northern Ireland is the place in the UK where house prices are rising fastest, with the value of properties surging by 4.1 percent in quarter two of 2024, according to the Nationwide House Price Index.

The index also shows that house prices across the UK have risen by 1.5 percent compared to last year and the last month alone has seen a rise of £1,815 on average.

The worst performing region of the UK was East Anglia, where house prices have plummeted 1.8 percent when compared with the same…