Are House Prices Up or Down? ONS House Price Index December causes confusion

It's not helping anyone who wants to know what's happening in their market. Watch the video of this livestream here: https://youtube.com/live/U84cxw3HsJY https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-house-price-index-for-december-2023/uk-house-price-index-summary-december-2023 But the regional breakdowns are interesting. Detailed ONS HPI description https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/about-the-uk-house-price-index/quality-and-methodology#methods-used-to-produce-the-uk-hpi My ...