LONDON, Jan 2 (Reuters) - British house prices unexpectedly fell by 0.4% in December to finish 2025 just 0.6% higher than the year before, the weakest annual growth since April 2024, monthly figures from mortgage lender Nationwide Building Society showed on Friday.

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a 0.1% monthly rise to leave prices 1.2% higher than in December 2024.

(Reporting by David Milliken, Editing by Paul Sandle)