HM Land Registry data showed UK house-price growth eased to 0.9% in August for a fourth month, with the average at £273,000 and regional trends sharply divided.
The annual rate was down from a revised 1.2% in July. Before seasonal adjustment, the index stood 0.3% above its July level; in the same month-to-month comparison a year earlier, it had risen 0.6%. After seasonal adjustment, the August measure was 0.2% below July. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the annual slowdown reflected weaker price gains in summer 2026 than during summer 2025.
Among England’s nine regions, the North East had the strongest annual rise, at 3.2%, though prices there were 0.6% lower than in July. London had the weakest annual result, down 2.2%, even as prices rose 0.7% from July. England’s average price was £293,525, up 0.4% over the year. Wales averaged £216,363 after annual growth of 3.1%, while Scotland averaged £198,397 after a 2.9% increase.
Northern Ireland’s latest available figure, for April through June, put its average price at £202,487, up 9.2% from a year earlier and 2.1% from the previous quarter. The ONS said that annual increase was the highest since the fourth quarter of 2022.
Flat prices were a major factor in London’s annual decline, the ONS said. They fell 5.0% over the year to August. Flats accounted for about half of property sales in the capital, compared with roughly one-fifth across Great Britain.
The August estimate is provisional and reflects sales volumes representing about 53% of all sales in Great Britain. The index tracks completed purchases, which typically take six to eight weeks to reach completion, so the figures reflect transactions with a delay. HM Land Registry is scheduled to publish the September index on Nov. 18.
