Country · data to August 2026

House prices in the United Kingdom

Homes in the United Kingdom sold for an average £273,037, up 0.9% on a year ago. Over the last six months prices moved at +2.7% a year, faster than the +1.5% a year of the past two years.

Average sale price: £273,037
Change in a year: +0.9%; −2.5% after inflation

United Kingdom: +11.3% in 5 years

Average sale price per home, £, monthly, with the next 12 months' expected path

United Kingdom
Expected path
80% range

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Month	United Kingdom
Aug 2027 · Expected path	£280,154 (£266,699–£293,608)
Jul 2027 · Expected path	£279,560 (£266,890–£292,231)
Jun 2027 · Expected path	£278,967 (£267,091–£290,844)
May 2027 · Expected path	£278,374 (£267,304–£289,444)
Apr 2027 · Expected path	£277,781 (£267,534–£288,029)
Mar 2027 · Expected path	£277,188 (£267,783–£286,593)
Feb 2027 · Expected path	£276,595 (£268,058–£285,132)
Jan 2027 · Expected path	£276,002 (£268,368–£283,637)
Dec 2026 · Expected path	£275,409 (£268,726–£282,093)
Nov 2026 · Expected path	£274,816 (£269,156–£280,476)
Oct 2026 · Expected path	£274,223 (£269,709–£278,737)
Sep 2026 · Expected path	£273,630 (£270,516–£276,744)
Aug 2026	£273,037
Jul 2026	£272,146
Jun 2026	£270,690
May 2026	£272,221
Apr 2026	£270,966
Mar 2026	£268,631
Feb 2026	£269,423
Jan 2026	£268,814
Dec 2025	£268,002
Nov 2025	£270,472
Oct 2025	£269,819
Sep 2025	£269,556
Aug 2025	£270,575
Jul 2025	£268,843
Jun 2025	£266,796
May 2025	£264,078
Apr 2025	£260,162
Mar 2025	£268,019
Feb 2025	£264,771
Jan 2025	£264,936
Dec 2024	£263,991
Nov 2024	£264,515
Oct 2024	£265,252
Sep 2024	£264,750
Aug 2024	£265,085
Jul 2024	£262,479
Jun 2024	£259,585
May 2024	£258,565
Apr 2024	£256,478
Mar 2024	£255,082
Feb 2024	£254,633
Jan 2024	£255,972
Dec 2023	£256,177
Nov 2023	£258,368
Oct 2023	£260,129
Sep 2023	£261,318
Aug 2023	£262,602
Jul 2023	£261,182
Jun 2023	£258,275
May 2023	£257,330
Apr 2023	£256,479
Mar 2023	£255,885
Feb 2023	£258,788
Jan 2023	£260,941
Dec 2022	£263,190
Nov 2022	£265,299
Oct 2022	£265,693
Sep 2022	£265,727
Aug 2022	£265,124
Jul 2022	£262,904
Jun 2022	£258,118
May 2022	£255,040
Apr 2022	£252,167
Mar 2022	£249,232
Feb 2022	£248,309
Jan 2022	£248,031
Dec 2021	£245,189
Nov 2021	£243,930
Oct 2021	£239,236
Sep 2021	£245,371

Reports for the United Kingdom

Each report opens the full series and the assumptions behind these figures.

Next 12 months

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £266,699 and £293,608 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027: £280,154
Chance of a rise: 75%

At the average sale price, a home costs £273,037. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,260 a month. The UK sets no cap on the payment; no more than 15% of new mortgages may lend over 4.5 times income.

Payment, two incomes: 19%
Payment, one income: 39%

Buy or rent

Owning the average home costs less each month than renting it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the average sale price; rent is the average of all private tenancies. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.

Rent per month: £1,406
Owning per month: £1,286

New homes

9.2% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months: 160,909
Per 1,000 residents: 2.3

Foreign buyers

Buyers living abroad bought 1.8% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q1 2025.

Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months: 1.8%

Past cycles

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 5 times since 1968. The deepest began in September 2007.

Deepest fall: −18.7%
Recovery from the low: 65 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 227,826 while 168,756 homes were finished: 1.4 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025: 1.4
Population change, 2025: +227,826

The UK, council by council

Average sale prices per home and how they changed in a year. Select a region to see it up close.

Average price

£400,000 and over
£300,000 to £400,000
£250,000 to £300,000
£200,000 to £250,000
£150,000 to £200,000
Under £150,000
No published price

Change in a year

+30% and over
+20% to +30%
+10% to +20%
+2% to +10%
−2% to +2%
−10% to −2%
Under −10%
No published price

Average sale prices per home, August 2026; Northern Ireland's are quarterly. Shetland is drawn in a box, not in its place. Every figure on the map is also in the table below. Boundaries: ONS Local Authority Districts, December 2025 (OGL); contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Nations and regions of the UK

Region	Average price	In a year
London	£554,430	−2.2%
South East	£379,953	−0.8%
East of England	£337,848	+0.2%
South West	£304,139	0.0%
West Midlands	£250,731	+1.2%
East Midlands	£241,955	+0.5%
North West	£220,393	+2.2%
Wales	£216,363	+3.1%
Yorkshire and The Humber	£209,266	+1.8%
Northern Ireland	£202,487	+9.2%
Scotland	£198,397	+2.9%
North East	£165,640	+3.2%

All 361 councils

A to Z, grouped by English region or nation.