There are many UK housing market indexes released every month and we are attempting to provide the ultimate, comprehensive overview to the very fragmented reports available.
£269,000
Monthly Change 1.4%
Annual Change 3.7%
5 Year Change 24.45%
Source: HM Land Registry
£368,740
Monthly Change 1.3%
Annual Change 0.3%
5 Year Change 1.32%
Source: Rightmove
29,796
Monthly Change 65.8%
Annual Change 51%
5 Year Change 69.08%
Source: HM Land Registry
Monthly Change 8%
Source: Rightmove
559,389
Monthly Change 1.7%
173 days
Source: Home
62 days
Source: Rightmove
2.4% properties price reduced last month
Source: Home
Annual Change 5.6%
Source: Bank of England
"Average new seller asking prices drop by a seasonal 1.3% (-£4,969) this month to £368,740. August’s price drop is in line with the previous ten-year average, returning to seasonal trends after bigger than usual asking price drops in June and July. Summer holiday distractions traditionally result in an August price drop. The average new seller asking price for a home has now fallen by just over £10,000 (-£10,777) this summer, as savvy summer sellers price competitively to stand out and attract a buyer. This has contributed to the highest number of sales agreed in the full month of July since 2020. While the right property at the right price is still finding a buyer, evidenced by the high number of agreed sales, it appears that some sellers are still coming to market with a too-high initial price, shown by more than one in three homes seeing a price reduction during marketing."
"The July 2025 RICS Residential Market Survey results convey a relatively weak backdrop at present. Indeed, some of the tentative signs of recovery that appeared to be emerging in the previous monthly feedback were partially reversed, with measures of demand and agreed sales slipping back into slightly negative territory. Meanwhile, forward-looking sentiment now points to a largely flat picture for activity in the near-term."
"Regarding the indicator tracking new buyer enquiries, a net balance of -6% was reported in July, down from +4% the previous month. This implies a slight softening in demand compared to the prior survey period. That said, there appears to be increasingly variable results across different parts of the country, with relatively weaker demand trends being reported in East Anglia, the South East and the South West of England."
"Sellers in southern regions of England must be very mindful of how they price their homes. The number of homes for sale is much higher in these areas compared to a year ago, reinforcing a buyers’ market and keeping price inflation in check. London has 19% more homes for sale than a year ago and available supply is 16% higher in the South East and South West."
“2021 has a lot of variables, and so is not an easy one to call, but with Rightmove’s unique leading indicators of buyer and seller behaviour we are confident that the housing market will continue to outperform general expectations next year as it did this."
"Our 2021 forecast of a 4% price rise is more conservative than the unsustainable 6.6% national average seen this year. There’s likely to be a lull in quarter two unless the stamp duty holiday is extended, but for many buyers its removal will not be make or break, though may lead them to reduce their offers to a degree to compensate for the higher tax, and indeed many sellers may be prepared to help to mitigate their buyer’s financial loss."
"First-time buyers will remain largely exempt, so in most cases will be no worse off. The maximum savings of £2,450 in Wales or £2,100 in Scotland are considerably less decisive than the £15,000 available in England for a house costing £500,000 or more, which does however only apply to a small part of the market.”
Russell Galley, Managing Director of Halifax: 2% to 5% fall"Despite the deepest recession for centuries, house prices have risen over the past year at their fastest rate since 2016, with mortgage approvals also at their highest level for over a decade. This growth has been driven by a shift in demand from buyers as a result of increased home working and a desire for more space, whilst the stamp-duty holiday brought forward many transactions that might otherwise have been planned for next year."
"With the stamp duty holiday also due to expire in March - and lower levels of demand - housing market activity is likely to slow. Taking all of this into account, the post-summer surge in house prices is unlikely to be sustained. Prices are expected to fall by between 2% and 5% next year, although forecast uncertainty is much higher than usual given the current economic and political environment."
Richard Donnell, Research and Insight Director at Zoopla: 1% rise“Central to our outlook is lower levels of turnover by long-run standards, which over time increases the scarcity of homes for sale."
"We expect the supply of properties for sale to moderate over 2021, which will restrict choice for consumers."
"This creates a scenario in which any improvement to the economic climate, growth in employment levels, or an uptick in consumer sentiment will in turn boost demand, increase transaction volumes in line 2019 levels, and could provide impetus for house price growth in 2022."
Lucian Cook, Head of Residential Research at Savills: 0% change“We do expect the economic effects of the pandemic to weigh more heavily on the housing market next year."
Nick Barnes, Head of Research at Chestertons: 1.5% rise"Assuming no further major systemic shocks, we anticipate that the brunt of Covid’s impact on employment will be felt by the mainstream market and we forecast that after an exceptional year of growth in 2020, prices growth across the UK will slow to 1.5%. Greater London prices have risen less but are likely to fall more, and we expect them to drop by 2% by the end of the year."
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