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UK house prices rise more than expected, Nationwide data shows
Nationwide reports a 1.0% annual price rise and a 10% increase in housing transactions in 2025, driven by better affordability and credit availability supporting first-time buyers.
- Annual house price growth remained steady at 1.0% in February, with prices increasing by 0.3% month-on-month, according to Nationwide's chief economist, Robert Gardner.
- Gardner said that, looking across 2025 as a whole, total housing market transactions were 10% higher than in 2024, with improved affordability and an easing in credit availability supporting first-time buyer activity.
- Iain McKenzie, chief executive of The Guild of Property Professionals, said that while geopolitical uncertainties could influence inflation, the broader trajectory points towards easing monetary policy and improving buyer confidence, with sales volumes likely to strengthen and the market continuing its steady, sustainable recovery.
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UK house prices rise more than expected, Nationwide data shows
British house prices rose slightly faster than expected last month after a dip at the end of 2025 linked to uncertainty over finance minister Rachel Reeves' budget, mortgage lender Nationwide Building Society said.
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House price growth was steady in February, says Nationwide
Housing market activity is likely to recover in the coming quarters, Nationwide’s report said.
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