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UK house price growth picks up in March
- UK annual house price growth picked up to 2.2% in March, from 1.0% in February
- Northern Ireland best performing area in Q1 2026, with prices up 9.5% year-on-year
- Outer South East weakest performing region, with prices down 0.7% compared with Q1 2025
Inverclyde crowned Britain’s most affordable place for first time buyers
- Inverclyde, Burnley and Hartlepool amongst most affordable areas in Britain
- Kensington and Chelsea, Oxford and Cambridge least affordable
- North has smallest gap between least and most affordable areas in the region while London has largest
- Around 70% of local authorities have seen an improvement in affordability over the last year, with Islington seeing biggest improvement
- 10% deposit on a first-time buyer property is between £10,000 and £25,000 in over half of local authorities
House price growth holds steady in February
- Annual house price growth unchanged at 1.0%
- House prices were up 0.3% month on month
- Continued improvement in affordability helped drive first-time buyer activity in 2025
House price growth edges higher in January
- Slight rise in annual house price growth to 1.0%
- House prices were up 0.3% month on month
- Continued improvement in affordability helped drive first-time buyer activity in 2025
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
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31 Mar 2026
UK house price growth picks up in March
- UK annual house price growth picked up to 2.2% in March, from 1.0% in February
- Northern Ireland best performing area in Q1 2026, with prices up 9.5% year-on-year
- Outer South East weakest performing region, with prices down 0.7% compared with Q1 2025
21 Mar 2026
Inverclyde crowned Britain’s most affordable place for first time buyers
- Inverclyde, Burnley and Hartlepool amongst most affordable areas in Britain
- Kensington and Chelsea, Oxford and Cambridge least affordable
- North has smallest gap between least and most affordable areas in the region while London has largest
- Around 70% of local authorities have seen an improvement in affordability over the last year, with Islington seeing biggest improvement
- 10% deposit on a first-time buyer property is between £10,000 and £25,000 in over half of local authorities
02 Mar 2026
House price growth holds steady in February
- Annual house price growth unchanged at 1.0%
- House prices were up 0.3% month on month
- Continued improvement in affordability helped drive first-time buyer activity in 2025
