House prices in Oxfordshire have risen for the second month in a row.

Statistics for March provided by the Government’s Land Registry show the average price of a property in the county is £235,723, a rise of 0.3 per cent on the February figure.

But the annual rate of house price inflation in Oxfordshire has slowed to 0.3 per cent, its lowest level since November 2009.

Nationally, the average price of a home in March was £160,996, a fall of 1.1 per cent on the previous month.