UK House Price Index: February 2025 Data Released

UK Gov

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

The February data shows:

  • on average, house prices haven't changed since January 2025
  • there has been an annual price rise of 5.4% which makes the average property in the UK valued at £268,000

England

In England the February data shows, on average, house prices rose by 0.3% since January 2025. The annual price rise of 5.3% takes the average property value to £292,000.

  • Yorkshire and the Humber experienced the most significant monthly increase with a movement of 1.6%
  • London saw the greatest monthly price fall, with a fall of -1.1%
  • The North West experienced the greatest annual price rise, up by 8%
  • London saw the lowest annual price growth, with a rise of 1.7%

The regional data for England indicates that:

Price change by region for England

RegionAverage price February 2025Annual change % since February 2024Monthly change % since January 2025
East Midlands£241,00060.4
East of England£338,0004.20
London£556,0001.7-1.1
North East£160,0007.90.4
North West£212,00080.7
South East£385,0004.6-0.3
South West£308,0003.90.7
West Midlands£247,00061.1
Yorkshire and the Humber£205,0007.51.6

Repossession sales by volume for England

The lowest number of repossession sales in December 2024 was in the South West, West Midlands and East Midlands.

The highest number of repossession sales in December 2024 was in the North West and London.

Repossession salesDecember 2024
East Midlands1
East of England3
London14
North East11
North West14
South East6
South West1
West Midlands1
Yorkshire and the Humber8
England59

Average price by property type for England

Property typeFeb 2025Feb 2024Difference %
Detached£471,000£447,0005.3
Semi-detached£286,000£270,0006.1
Terraced£242,000£228,0006.1
Flat/maisonette£226,000£220,0002.8
All£292,000£277,0005.3

Funding and buyer status for England

Transaction typeAverage price February 2025Annual price change % since February 2024Monthly price change % since January 2025
Cash£278,0004.80.4
Mortgage£297,0005.50.3
First-time buyer£245,0005.70.4
Former owner occupier£353,0004.90.2

Building status for England

Building status*Average price December 2024Annual price change % since December 2023Monthly price change % since November 2024
New build£447,000306.9
Existing resold property£285,0003.1-0.2

*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 decreased by 1.1% since January 2025. House prices have shown an annual price increase of 1.7% meaning the average price of a property is £556,000.

Average price by property type for London

Property typeFebruary 2025February 2024Difference %
Detached£1,143,000£1,099,0003.9
Semi-detached£705,000£678,0004
Terraced£629,000£608,0003.4
Flat/maisonette£442,000£442,000-0.1
All£556,000£546,0001.7

Funding and buyer status for London

Transaction typeAverage price February 2025Annual price change % since February 2024Monthly price change % since January 2025
Cash£589,000-0.4-1.7
Mortgage£549,0002.4-1
First-time buyer£478,0001.8-1.1
Former owner occupier£688,0001.6-1.2

Building status for London

Building status*Average price December 2024Annual price change % since December 2023Monthly price change % since November 2024
New build£598,00022.64.7
Existing resold property£552,0000-1.2

*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 fell by 0.7% since January 2025. An annual price increase of 4.1% takes the average property value to £207,000.

There were 6 repossession sales for Wales in December 2024.

Average price by property type for Wales

Property typeFebruary 2025February 2024Difference %
Detached£324,000£315,0003.1
Semi-detached£206,000£197,0004.5
Terraced£165,000£157,0004.7
Flat/maisonette£132,000£127,0003.3
All£207,000£199,0004.1

Funding and buyer status for Wales

Transaction typeAverage price February 2025%Annual price change % since February 2024Monthly price change % since January 2024
Cash£207,0003.3-1.1
Mortgage£208,0004.4-0.6
First-time buyer£178,0004.6-0.9
Former owner occupier£248,0003.5-0.9

Building status for Wales

Building status*Average price December 2024Annual price change % since December 2023Monthly price change % since November 2024
New build£381,00027.89.4
Existing resold property£204,0001.80.6

*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 5.4% in the year to February 2025, up from the revised estimate of 4.8% in the 12 months to January 2025. On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in the UK remain unchanged between January 2025 and February 2025, compared with a decrease of 0.5% from the same period 12 months ago (January 2024 and February 2024).

The UK Property Transactions Statistics showed that in February 2025, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the estimated number of transactions of residential properties with a value of £40,000 or greater was 108,000. This is 28.1% higher than a year ago (February 2025). Between January 2025 and February 25, UK transactions increased by 13% on a seasonally adjusted basis.

House price monthly increase was highest in Yorkshire and the Humber where prices increased by 2.3% in the year to January 2025. The highest annual growth was in the North West, where prices increased by 8% in the year to February 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

Background

  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 March 2025 UK HPI at 9:30am on Wednesday 21 May 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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