The average price of property in the UK rose to £269,000, which marked a 3.7% on an annual basis, according to data released on Wednesday.

UK house prices grew 3.7% compared to last year, in June, according to the ONS official house price data.  This annual growth rate is up from 2.7% in…

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A new report from a property website shares that UK house prices have fallen by 1.3%, or £4,969, month-on-month in August to stand at a total of £368,740, following huge falls in June and July

Asking prices for newly advertised British houses and apartments fell in the four weeks to mid-August but the drop was less notable than in the previous two months and sales in July were their highest for the time of year since 2020, a survey showed.

The average price of a newly listed home fell by 1.3% in August to £368,740, according to Rightmove

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Buyers are benefiting from cheaper house prices this summer, according to Rightmove’s index.

The property website highlighted a ‘two-speed market’ with savvy summer sellers pricing realistically while others are pricing too high.

Landlords are putting fewer houses on the market, according to a RICS survey.

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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors highlighted a ‘firmly negative trend’ in landlords making their property available for rent.

UK Finance, which released the figures, said repossessions remain significantly lower than long-term averages.

British homebuilder Persimmon beat first-half profit expectations and forecast higher home sales in 2026 on Wednesday, but caution about next year’s margin growth weighed on shares as higher costs and affordability concerns persist.

Rents on new lets have dipped for the first time since 2020, as falling mortgage rates ease pressures, Hamptons said.

Experts said Persimmon was among the builders fighting issues ‘outside of its control’ in the wider property sector.

Northern Ireland continues to record the most impressive annual price jump in the UK

Halifax’s latest house price index found that the average property price is now £298,237 compared to £297,157 last month, but warned prices would come down

House prices are expected by Halifax to follow ‘a steady path of modest gains’ through the rest of 2025.

British house prices rose by the most in six months in July when they increased by a slightly faster than expected 0.4% from June, according to figures from mortgage lender Halifax that add to signs of a stabilisation in the housing market.

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The UK’s average house price increased from £271,619 in June to £272,664 in July

Average price of property rises 0.6% in July to £272,664, says Nationwide

The annual rate of house price growth accelerated to 2.4 per cent on average in July, Nationwide Building Society said.

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The annual rate of house price growth accelerated to 2.4% on average in July, Nationwide Building Society said.

British house prices rose slightly faster than expected in July, but less than earlier in 2025 when the looming expiry of a tax break accelerated sales, while higher wages were improving affordability, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Friday.

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House prices grew 2.4 per cent in the year to July, according to Nationwide’s latest house price index, while wage growth was five per cent.

Home sale completions are ‘progressing at a healthy pace’, one housing market expert said.

The number of UK residential property transactions was 13% higher in June than July at 93,530, according to the latest figures from HM Revenue &

It said an inaccurate claim could see people paying more than the amount they were trying to recover.

Private landlords account for about 84 per cent of all tenancies in the UK, while just under a fifth of UK homes are privately rented.

The number of mortgages approved by UK lenders rose to 64,200 in June.

Due to higher house prices, stamp duty costs tend to have a bigger effect on buyers in southern England and London than in other areas

There was a 15.8 per cent rise in the number of firms in critical distress – i.e. close to bankruptcy – in the second quarter of 2025.

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Due to higher house prices, stamp duty costs tend to have a bigger effect on buyers in southern England than in other areas, Zoopla said.

The record number of homes for sale was keeping price rises in check, it said, with the average UK house price in June sitting at £268,400, up £3,350 (1.3%) from a year earlier.