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Improved affordability provides boost to first-time buyers
- Continued improvement in affordability helped support first-time buyer activity over 2025
- Considerable variation in affordability remains across occupational groups, with affordability most challenging for people working in sales & customer service, but easier for those in managerial and professional roles
- Affordability most stretched in London and South of England, while North and Scotland are the most affordable
- 10% deposit on typical UK first-time buyer property around £23k – this would take nearly six years to save
UK house price growth ends 2025 on a softer note
- UK house price growth slowed to 0.6% in December, from 1.8% in November
- Northern Ireland best performing area for third year running, with prices up 9.7% in 2025
- East Anglia weakest performing region, with prices down 0.8% over the year
Nationwide House Price Review and Outlook for 2026: Slight easing in affordability pressures helps underpin buyer demand
- Housing market activity remained resilient in 2025
- House price growth expected to be in the 2% to 4% range in 2026
Loft it up: attic bedrooms can boost the price of a home by a quarter
- Latest research from Nationwide reveals how home improvements can boost property prices in 2025
- Analysis based on Nationwide’s HPI data shows extensions or loft conversions with a bedroom can increase value by up to 24%
- But kitchen and bathroom renovations most popular improvements amongst homeowners in last five years
- 34% made green improvements, such as adding solar panels or insulation
- Only 4% of those surveyed regretted having work done
Good transport links still add most value to house prices in London – but also important for those living in Glasgow and Manchester
- We looked at the value buyers and renters place on being close to rail, underground and tram services in London, Manchester and Glasgow
- £42,700 premium in London for property 500m from nearest station, compared with a similar property 1,500m away
- London saw a small fall in the premium to 8.0% from 9.7% in 2021
- There was a £10,900 premium in Greater Manchester and £8,800 in Glasgow on a comparable basis
- Manchester premium dips to 4.9% from 6.1% in 2021
Latest reports
20 Jan 2026
Improved affordability provides boost to first-time buyers
- Continued improvement in affordability helped support first-time buyer activity over 2025
- Considerable variation in affordability remains across occupational groups, with affordability most challenging for people working in sales & customer service, but easier for those in managerial and professional roles
- Affordability most stretched in London and South of England, while North and Scotland are the most affordable
- 10% deposit on typical UK first-time buyer property around £23k – this would take nearly six years to save
02 Jan 2026
UK house price growth ends 2025 on a softer note
- UK house price growth slowed to 0.6% in December, from 1.8% in November
- Northern Ireland best performing area for third year running, with prices up 9.7% in 2025
- East Anglia weakest performing region, with prices down 0.8% over the year
15 Dec 2025
Nationwide House Price Review and Outlook for 2026: Slight easing in affordability pressures helps underpin buyer demand
- Housing market activity remained resilient in 2025
- House price growth expected to be in the 2% to 4% range in 2026
