READ MORE: Housing market steady despite higher mortgage rates: Zoopla Nationwide’s latest House Price Index reported that annual house price growth accelerated to 3% in April, up from 2.2% in March, with values rising by 0.4% on a seasonally adjusted monthly basis. The average UK home now costs £278,880, compared with £277,186 in March, underlining the market’s resilience after last year’s slowdown. Robert Gardner, Nationwide’s chief economist, said that “despite the uncertainty caused by developments in the Middle East and the subsequent rise in energy prices, the UK housing market...