Related topic: House prices

Ecology is calling on the government to boost the profile of the affordable housing scheme.

Significantly improved affordability in the second half of the five-year forecast period opens up greater capacity for price growth.

Prices increased by 0.3% month-on-month.

The usual pre-Christmas slowdown has begun early, with buyer demand down 8% and sales agreed down 3%.

UK house prices rose by 3.0% in the year to August, with the average home now costing £273,000, according to provisional data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The...

Year-to-date, new buyer demand is up 2%, while new sellers and sales agreed are up 5% compared with 2024.

Sellers in England and Wales gained an average of £72,000, a 38% rise in property value.

Sentiment suggests this muted picture is likely to persist into early 2026.

First-time buyers are the largest group of home buyers, accounting for half of all new mortgages for home purchase.

Over the past 12 months prices have grown by 1.3%, the slowest annual rate since April 2024.