London Surge Leads U.K. House Prices to Record

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U.K. house prices rose to a record in November as strengthening demand pushed values higher in all regions of England and Wales, Acadametrics said.

Values increased 0.6 percent from October to an average 238,839 pounds ($390,900), the real-estate researcher and LSL Property Services Plc said in a report today. Prices reached an all-time high in London and parts of the southeast as average values climbed 4.9 percent from a year ago. In London, prices surged an annual 9.2 percent in the quarter through November.