House prices increased by 4.3% in the three months to July this year.
This is the highest quarterly growth for 11 years, according to Hometrack.
The market analyst says that in cities, house price growth has risen from 7.2% in April to 8.5% in July.
The cities experiencing the greatest increases are Bristol, Edinburgh and Southampton.
However, Hometrack revealed that Liverpool’s house price inflation is 13.2% below peak levels.