Related topic: House prices

Martin Sims, distribution director at Molo Finance, explores why a period of slower house price growth can give investors the chance to focus more on the basics.

Buyers return after a summer on the sidelines with searches up 7% - but they need an extra £18,200 to keep mortgage payments flat.

Average UK house prices rose by 2% in the year to June, slowing from annual growth of 3% in May, according to provisional figures from the Office for National Statistics.

Rightmove has downgraded its national average 2026 price forecast to between 0% and -2%.

Annual growth of 0.1% is the slowest rate of house price inflation since November 2023.

41% of UK areas are more cost-effective to buy than to rent, Pepper Money’s first-time buyer index has found.

44% think they will enter negative equity during their current mortgage term, rising to 56% of buyers aged 25-34.

House prices were up 0.1% month-on-month.

Sales saw a sharp 9% decline this month, with house price growth slowing to 1.3%.

Average house prices increased by 2.3% in England, 4.2% in Wales, and 4.4% in Scotland.