August 2025 UK House Price Index Released

UK Gov

The UK HPI shows house price changes for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The August data shows:

  • on average, house prices have risen 0.8% since July 2025

  • there has been an annual price rise of 3% which makes the average property in the UK valued at £273,000

England

In England the August data shows, on average, house prices rose by 0.9% since July 2025. The annual price rise of 2.9% takes the average property value to £296,000.

  • The North West experienced the most significant monthly increase with a movement of 1.6%
  • London saw the lowest monthly price rise, with a movement of 0.1%
  • The North East experienced the greatest annual price rise, up by 6.6%
  • London saw the lowest annual price growth, with an increase of -0.3%

The regional data for England indicates that:

Price change by region for England

RegionAverage price August 2025Annual change % since August 2024Monthly change % since July 2025
East Midlands£245,0004.41.2
East of England£343,00030.8
London£566,000-0.30.1
North East£164,0006.60.8
North West£217,0004.51.6
South East£389,0001.81.3
South West£310,0002.40.5
West Midlands£250,0003.70.7
Yorkshire and the Humber£207,0002.70.9

Repossession sales by volume for England

The lowest number of repossession sales in June 2025 were in the East Midlands and East of England.

The highest number of repossession sales in June 2025 was in the North West.

Repossession salesJune 2025
East Midlands3
East of England3
London6
North East15
North West21
South East12
South West6
West Midlands5
Yorkshire and the Humber10
England82

Average price by property type for England

Property typeAugust 2025August 2024Difference %
Detached£477,000£462,0003.2
Semi-detached£293,000£279,0004.9
Terraced£246,000£239,0003
Flat/maisonette£225,000£227,000-0.8
All£296,000£287,0002.9

Funding and buyer status for England

Transaction typeAverage price August 2025Annual price change % since August 2024Monthly price change % since July 2025
Cash£282,0002.30.9
Mortgage£301,0003.10.9
First-time buyer£248,00030.9
Former owner occupier£359,0002.80.9

Building status for England

Building status*Average price May 2025Annual price change % since May 2024Monthly price change % since April 2025
New build£414,00020.54.5
Existing resold property£286,0002.51.3

*Figures for the 2 most recent months are not being published because there are not enough new build transactions to give a meaningful result.

London

London shows, on average, house prices rose by 0.1 since July 2025. House prices have shown an annual price decrease of 0.3% meaning the average price of a property is £566,000.

Average price by property type for London

Property typeAugust 2025August 2024Difference %
Detached£1,144,000£1,145,000-0.1
Semi-detached£728,000£703,0003.6
Terraced£648,000£637,0001.8
Flat/maisonette£445,000£457,000-2.6
All£566,000£567,000-0.3

Funding and buyer status for London

Transaction typeAverage price August 2025Annual price change % since August 2024Monthly price change % since July 2025
Cash£600,000-2.2-0.7
Mortgage£559,0000.30.4
First-time buyer£484,000-0.50.2
Former owner occupier£705,00000.1

Building status for London

Building status*Average price June 2025Annual price change % since June 2024Monthly price change % since May 2025
New build£554,00011.63.4
Existing resold property£562,0000.40.4

*Figures for the 2 most recent months are not being published because there are not enough new build transactions to give a meaningful result.

Wales

Wales shows, on average, house prices rose by 1% since July 2025. An annual price increase of 2% takes the average property value to £211,000

There were 8 repossession sales for Wales in April 2025.

Average price by property type for Wales

Property typeAugust 2025August 2024Difference %
Detached£329,000£325,0001.3
Semi-detached£212,000£204,0003.8
Terraced£169,000£166,0002
Flat/maisonette£129,000£130,000-1.4
All£211,000£207,0002

Funding and buyer status for Wales

Transaction typeAverage price August 2025%Annual price change % since August 2024Monthly price change % since July 2025
Cash£210,0001.21.2
Mortgage£212,0002.41
First-time buyer£182,0002.20.9
Former owner occupier£253,0001.81.2

Building status for Wales

Building status*Average price June 2025Annual price change % since June 2024Monthly price change % since May 2025
New build£352,00018.53.6
Existing resold property£207,0001.90.5

*Figures for the 2 most recent months are not being published because there are not enough new build transactions to give a meaningful result.

UK house prices

UK house prices rose by 3% in the year to August 2025, down from the revised estimate of 3.2% in the 12 months to July 2025. On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in the UK increased by 0.8% between July 2025 and August 2025, compared with a increase 1% from the same period 12 months ago (July 24 and August 2024).

The UK Property Transactions Statistics showed that in July 2025, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the estimated number of transactions of residential properties with a value of £40,000 or greater was 94,000. This is 1.7% higher than a year ago (August 2025). Between July 2025 and August 25, UK transactions increased by 1.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis.

House price monthly increase was highest in the South West where prices increased by 1.4% in the year to July 2025. The highest annual growth was in the The North East, where prices increased by 7.9% in the year to July 2025.

See the economic statement .

The UK HPI is based on completed housing transactions. Typically, a house purchase can take 6 to 8 weeks to reach completion. As with other indicators in the housing market, which typically fluctuate from month to month, it is important not to put too much weight on one month's set of house price data.

Access the full UK HPI

Notes

  1. We publish the UK House Price Index (HPI) on the second or third Wednesday of each month with Northern Ireland figures updated quarterly. We will publish the September 2025 UK HPI at 9:30am on Wednesday 19 November 2025. See calendar of release dates .

  2. We have made some changes to improve the accuracy of the UK HPI. We are not publishing average price and percentage change for new builds and existing resold property as done previously because there are not currently enough new build transactions to provide a reliable result. This means that in this month's UK HPI reports, new builds and existing resold property are reported in line with the sales volumes currently available.

  3. The UK HPI revision period has been extended to 13 months, following a review of the revision policy ( see calculating the UK HPI section 4.4 ). This ensures the data used is more comprehensive.

  4. Sales volume data is available by property status (new build and existing property) and funding status (cash and mortgage) in our downloadable data tables . Transactions that require us to create a new register, such as new builds, are more complex and require more time to process. Read revisions to the UK HPI data .

  5. Revision tables are available for England and Wales within the downloadable data in CSV format. See about the UK HPI f

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