Average English home price passes £300,000 - Rightmove

The average asking price for a home in England and Wales passed £300,000 for the first time in March, property website Rightmove said on Monday, as buyers rushed to beat a property tax rise which comes into force next month. Asking prices for homes in London were 11 percent higher than a year earlier, but prices in the capital were flat compared with February with the biggest month-on-month increases in central, south west and north east England. Demand has grown in recent months as people