The average UK property price reached around £273,000 in July 2026, according to the UK House Price Index published on 16 September by HM Land Registry. Nationally, prices rose 1.4% compared with July 2025 and 0.7% compared with June on a non-seasonally adjusted basis.

The 1.4% annual increase is slightly weaker than the revised 1.5% estimate for the 12 months to June. The picture varies sharply between regions. In England, the average property value reached about £293,000, 1.1% higher than a year earlier.

North East England recorded the strongest annual increase among English regions, at 4.9%, taking the average price to around £167,000. At the other end of the table, London fell 3.3% year on year, to about £550,000. London flats and maisonettes posted an even sharper annual decline of 6.6%.

In the West Midlands, the average price was around £251,000, up 1.5% on the year. Wales recorded annual growth of 2.6%, taking its average value to about £215,000. The East Midlands had the strongest monthly rise among English regions, at 1.7%, while the South West fell 0.2% month on month.

Transaction activity was somewhat weaker. UK property transaction statistics showed an estimated 97,000 residential sales worth £40,000 or more in July on a seasonally adjusted basis, 1.1% fewer than a year earlier and 1.7% fewer than in June.

HM Land Registry cautions against placing too much weight on a single month. The index is based on completed transactions, and a house purchase can take six to eight weeks to complete, so the figures can reflect decisions made several weeks earlier.

The next release, covering August 2026, is scheduled for 21 October at 9:30am. Northern Ireland figures are updated quarterly rather than monthly.

Image: Mutney, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Houses on Jubilee Terrace, Camborne (Cornwall), October 2025, not an HM Land Registry photograph. Cropped to 16:9.

Source consulted: UK House Price Index for July 2026 (HM Land Registry / GOV.UK, 16 September 2026).