UK HOUSING DATA

Where should you actually buy?

Affordability is only half the question. Where you buy matters just as much — and "best" depends entirely on what you're optimising for. Someone buying to live in for a decade weighs this differently to someone hoping the property itself grows in value.

See our simple breakdown of where prices have actually moved since 2020 — the areas that are experiencing growth and the areas that are not.

The same data supports different decisions depending on what you're actually optimising for. Three common lenses:

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Capital growth

Look at annual growth rate more than absolute price — a lower-priced area growing quickly may outperform an expensive one that's flat or falling.

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Affordability first

Absolute price relative to your income matters most — growth potential is secondary to simply getting on the ladder.

03

Where you'll live

Commute, schools, and proximity to family aren't in this dataset, and for most buyers they decide more than either number above — treat the data as a filter, not the final word.

Complete coverage of all 12 UK regions and nations. Click any tile.
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Price history & trend projection

Select an area to see its price history

20 years of actual prices, with the trend line extended forward as context.

Actual prices (ONS/HM Land Registry) Trend projection — not a forecast
Price by property type

Detached, semi, terraced or flat

Same region, four very different price points. Figures are region-wide averages, not tied to whichever area is selected above.

RegionDetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat
Regions view: average house prices by UK region, October 2025, from ONS/HM Land Registry UK House Price Index — complete coverage of all 12 regions and nations.
Local authorities view: boundaries from ONS Open Geography Portal (Local Authority Districts, May 2023, UK). Prices from the ONS/HM Land Registry UK House Price Index "Average prices" dataset, October 2025 — covering 360 of 361 UK local authorities. The Isles of Scilly is the sole exception: ONS does not publish figures for it because of low monthly sales volumes. Both datasets under Open Government Licence v3.0.
Price by property type: from the ONS/HM Land Registry UK House Price Index "Average price by property type" dataset, April 2026 — covering all UK regions and 349 of 360 local authorities. Northern Ireland's 11 local government districts are not covered by this specific breakdown (ONS/Land & Property Services NI do not publish it at that level) — Northern Ireland is still included at national level.
Historical figures & long-term trend: 5, 10 and 20-year changes are calculated from the same ONS/HM Land Registry monthly series, comparing like-for-like months. The "long-term trend" is the average annual growth rate calculated across 20 years of monthly data — it describes what has already happened, and is not a forecast or a prediction of future prices. For some areas the trend is not shown at all: where prices have followed an irregular path (for example a sharp crash and recovery), a single average growth rate would misrepresent the actual history, so we omit it rather than publish a misleading figure. The underlying 5/10/20-year changes remain accurate for every area.
Figures are approximate; different indices (Halifax, Nationwide, Rightmove) use different methodologies and will show slightly different numbers. ONS notes that lower-transaction areas can show more volatile month-to-month figures — treat this as a general guide, not a precise valuation tool, and check the latest ONS release for current figures.