UK Property Prices and Rents
Official UK house price, rent and affordability data in one simple view.
UK market at a glance
Page refreshed 19 August 2026Average UK house price£272,188
MoM +0.1%YoY +2.0%
Average private rent£1,393
MoM +0.4%YoY +3.7%
Median annual pay£39,863ASHE 2026
Employment rate75.5%Aged 16-64
What this means
UK house prices are rising modestly compared with last year. Rent and wage data help compare local affordability and demand.
Data freshness
- House price data
- June 2026
- Rent data
- July 2026
- Pay data
- Great Britain · Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2026
Official price trend
All homes UK HPI series, last 5Y.
All homes average price was £272,188 in June 2026, 0.1% up over the month and 2.0% up over the year.
Monthly movementUp 0.1%From £272,040 last month
Annual movementUp 2.0%From £266,796 last year
| Month | Average price | Monthly change | Annual change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Month: July 2025 | Average: £268,922 | Monthly: +0.8% | Annual: +2.5% |
| Month: August 2025 | Average: £270,765 | Monthly: +0.7% | Annual: +2.1% |
| Month: September 2025 | Average: £269,863 | Monthly: -0.3% | Annual: +1.9% |
| Month: October 2025 | Average: £270,700 | Monthly: +0.3% | Annual: +2.1% |
| Month: November 2025 | Average: £271,600 | Monthly: +0.3% | Annual: +2.7% |
| Month: December 2025 | Average: £268,889 | Monthly: -1.0% | Annual: +1.9% |
| Month: January 2026 | Average: £268,704 | Monthly: -0.1% | Annual: +1.4% |
| Month: February 2026 | Average: £269,222 | Monthly: +0.2% | Annual: +1.7% |
| Month: March 2026 | Average: £268,817 | Monthly: -0.2% | Annual: +0.3% |
| Month: April 2026 | Average: £270,614 | Monthly: +0.7% | Annual: +4.0% |
| Month: May 2026 | Average: £272,040 | Monthly: +0.5% | Annual: +3.0% |
| Month: June 2026 | Average: £272,188 | Monthly: +0.1% | Annual: +2.0% |
Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2026
UK wages, employment and affordability
National earnings and labour-market context help frame affordability before comparing regional and local property data.
Resident population
67,555,493
ONS 2025
Median resident annual pay
£39,863
Great Britain
Median resident weekly pay
£767
Full-time employees
Employment rate
75.5%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
4.5%
Economically active
Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Average monthly rent compared with estimated monthly earnings.
Labour market rates are from the ONS Annual Population Survey profile shown by Nomis. Where the local APS unemployment value is suppressed, the ONS model-based unemployment estimate is used. Earnings are ONS ASHE resident-analysis median full-time employee earnings. Annual pay is annualised from weekly pay for display context.
Compare house prices with earnings across UK areas using the same live data.
Open affordability dataExplore property data by region
View house prices, rents and affordability data for each region.
North West£219,922average priceYoY +4.7%Open region
Yorkshire and The Humber£207,948average priceYoY +3.6%Open region
North East£165,550average priceYoY +4.3%Open region
West Midlands£250,941average priceYoY +2.6%Open region
East Midlands£240,457average priceYoY +2.4%Open region
East of England£338,707average priceYoY +1.1%Open region
London£553,870average priceYoY -2.5%Open region
South East£380,380average priceYoY +0.3%Open region
South West£304,562average priceYoY +1.9%Open region
Sources of this data
UK House Price Index (ONS) · Office for National Statistics Private Rent Index · ASHE earnings data
Official property market data is usually delayed because figures are published after the reporting month has ended.
UK market commentary
What the latest official data may mean for buyers, renters and investors.
The UK House Price Index shows that the average UK home was priced at £272,188 in June 2026. That is a small monthly rise of 0.1%, which suggests prices are still edging up, but only gradually.
On an annual basis, values were 2.0% higher than a year earlier.
Private rents in the United Kingdom continued to edge higher in July 2026, according to the ONS Price Index of Private Rents. The average monthly rent reached £1,393.
That is up from £1,388 in June, a month-on-month rise of 0.4%.
The latest ONS and Nomis labour-market data for the United Kingdom point to a large workforce base and a still-resilient jobs picture. The resident population is 67,555,493, using the 2025 population estimate.