2025 is starting with the highest number of homes for sale per estate agency branch for seven years. 

Affordability remains most stretched in London and the South of England.

House price inflation varies widely across the UK with faster price inflation outside southern England.

A record number of early-bird new sellers have come to market since Boxing Day, giving buyers the highest level of choice at the start of a year since 2015.

House sales saw growth in December and house prices are now rising across all parts of the UK.

Annual house price growth has seen the eighth consecutive increase.

There continues to be regional fluctuations in house prices, Propertymark says

Sellers in every region of the country saw their returns fall between 2023 and 2024, but which region has seen the biggest decrease in cash terms?

Northern Ireland maintains the strongest UK annual house price growth.

Regionally, the South East had the smallest percentage growth in average house prices.