Annual house price growth in the United Kingdom continued to lose momentum, with the House Price Index rising 1.3% year-over-year as of the latest update on 25 March 2026. This marks a slowdown from the previous annual rate of 1.9%.
The current figure reflects a comparison of the most recent month’s house prices with the same month a year earlier, while the previous reading compared the earlier month to its corresponding month a year before. The deceleration suggests that upward pressure on UK property prices has eased further, pointing to a softer housing market environment compared with the prior year’s pace of gains.