The UK housing market, read from the official record.

House prices, sales, mortgages, earnings and planning from HM Land Registry, the ONS and the Bank of England. Every figure keeps the date it describes.

Property Valuation — Housing market intelligenceUpdated Oct 25, 2026, 12:54 PMOct 25
Checked 25 Oct 2026. Sources publish at different intervals; each measure keeps its own observation date.

Average house price

£273,037
United Kingdom · Aug 2026

Annual price change

+0.9%
Monthly change +0.3% · Aug 2026

Existing-home average

£267,217
Mix-adjusted resales · Jun 2026

Recorded sales

55,159
All property types · Jun 2026

United Kingdom: average house price

Mix-adjusted UK HPI, all property types. The comparison uses price levels, not investment returns.

United Kingdom: recorded sales

All-property sales used in HPI, not live listings or a complete current-month transaction count. Latest available: Jun 2026.

A market view with dates you can trust

Headline prices, completed-sale records and existing-home estimates arrive on different schedules. Property Valuation shows the published evidence rather than treating every refresh as a new market observation.

3.75% Bank Rate

22 Oct 2026 observation. A policy rate is distinct from a borrower’s mortgage quote.

173.5 deposit days

UK gross-pay days for a 10% deposit, using Aug 2026 prices and 2026 residence earnings.

Annual price change across English regions

Recorded resale evidence: England and Wales

£287,500

Median of 268,866 recorded standard existing-property sales, Jan 2026–Jun 2026.

This raw transaction median differs from a mix-adjusted HPI average. Recent registrations are incomplete and can revise. The county resale table retains the source’s recorded county labels.