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Average house price UK: by nation, region and property type

The average house price UK-wide was £273,037 in August 2026. See every nation and English region, with the 12-month change and prices by property type.

4 min read
Last reviewed 4 November 2026
By Your Property Check team

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The latest figures

General information, not advice. This page shows the average house price UK-wide and for each nation and English region, taken from the UK House Price Index (UK HPI). HM Land Registry publishes the index monthly. GOV.UK lists the August 2026 report as published on 21 October 2026, and the September 2026 report as due on 18 November 2026. The numbers below are from the August 2026 file, so they will move when the next month is added. An average is not a valuation of any one home: prices inside a single region vary a great deal.

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Average price by nation and region, August 2026

Area	Average price	Change over 12 months	Detached	Semi-detached	Terraced	Flat
United Kingdom	£273,037	+0.9%	£443,846	£278,675	£232,505	£194,148
England	£293,525	+0.4%	£472,671	£291,962	£247,371	£218,563
London	£554,430	-2.2%	£1,164,439	£730,580	£648,650	£427,310
South East	£379,953	-0.8%	£682,708	£415,956	£324,511	£208,529
East of England	£337,848	+0.2%	£521,437	£352,638	£289,236	£192,035
South West	£304,139	0%	£497,091	£325,573	£266,094	£173,470
West Midlands	£250,731	+1.2%	£419,192	£254,804	£206,529	£138,513
East Midlands	£241,955	+0.5%	£355,978	£231,098	£187,398	£124,216
North West	£220,393	+2.2%	£388,124	£242,592	£178,230	£140,000
Yorkshire and The Humber	£209,266	+1.8%	£346,825	£215,943	£170,540	£127,998
North East	£165,640	+3.2%	£289,630	£173,327	£140,358	£103,648
Wales	£216,363	+3.1%	£336,551	£215,812	£174,317	£130,206
Scotland	£198,397	+2.9%	£365,984	£226,592	£184,396	£138,886
Northern Ireland	£202,487	+9.2%	£312,624	£204,283	£145,980	£148,475

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, ONS, Registers of Scotland, LPS Northern Ireland), file UK-HPI-full-file-2026-08.csv, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data, Crown copyright and database right.

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What the table shows

A flat against a detached home. Across the UK, the average detached home (£443,846) cost £249,698 more than the average flat (£194,148), about 2.29 times as much.
The widest regional gap. London's average (£554,430) is about 3.35 times the North East's (£165,640), a difference of £388,790.
Nation against nation. Scotland's average is £95,128 below England's, Wales's is £77,162 below and Northern Ireland's is £91,038 below.
Cheapest and dearest. Of the areas in the table, the North East has the lowest average and London the highest.
Direction over the year. Eleven of the fourteen areas rose, London and the South East fell (-2.2% and -0.8%) and the South West was flat at 0%. Northern Ireland shows the largest rise (+9.2%), then the North East (+3.2%) and Wales (+3.1%).
Flats are not always cheapest by the same margin. In Northern Ireland the average flat (£148,475) is slightly above the average terraced home (£145,980), the only area in the table where that happens.

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How to read an average

GOV.UK says the UK HPI is based on completed sales, whether for cash or with a mortgage, and that it uses mix-adjustment so that a change in the types of home sold does not distort the trend. It is nominal, so it is not adjusted for inflation. It is a good guide to the direction of the market, but it is a regional average. A three-bedroom semi in one town can be priced very differently from the regional figure. The most reliable guide to one street is what similar homes there actually sold for, which you can look up in our free sold prices tool. To see where prices are currently falling, see our house price falls data.

The 12-month change describes the past, not the future. We do not forecast prices, and no figure here is a promise about what a home will sell for.

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If you are buying or selling

Buyers can use the regional figure as context for a budget, then work out the tax on a purchase with the stamp duty calculator. Sellers should compare the regional average with recent sales of similar homes nearby, because the average mixes house types, ages and sizes. The rates of stamp duty differ between England, Scotland and Wales, which is why the same price can mean a different tax bill in each nation.

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Where the data comes from

The figures are from the UK HPI full file for August 2026, which we process into a regional summary. The cash-buyer share of sales for each area is covered separately in our cash buyers by region page. We refresh this page when we update the data, and the month shown in the heading and the "Last reviewed" date tell you which file it uses.

Our take

Use the average as context, not as a price

An average blends every house type, age and size, so the August 2026 UK figure of £273,037 says little about one street. We think the useful readings are the direction over the year and the gaps between areas, followed by a check against what similar homes nearby actually sold for.

Your Property Check adds that local step. Our free house value tool gives an honest value range from real HM Land Registry sold prices in your postcode, with the comparable sales and the working shown. It needs no email or phone number.

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Our opinion, drawn from the facts on this page: not advice and not a forecast. We earn from OfferCheck reports and from introducing sellers to cash buyers, so weigh it with that in mind (see our disclosure). We are not authorised or regulated by the FCA.

Questions, answered

Frequently asked questions

What is the average house price in the UK?

The UK House Price Index put the UK average at £273,037 in August 2026, which was 0.9% higher than a year earlier. The index is published monthly by HM Land Registry.

How much is a flat compared with a detached house?

In August 2026 the UK average for a flat was £194,148 and for a detached home £443,846. The detached average was about 2.29 times the flat average, and the gap is much wider in London.

How much have prices changed in a year?

UK-wide, the average rose 0.9% in the 12 months to August 2026. England rose 0.4%, Wales 3.1%, Scotland 2.9% and Northern Ireland 9.2%. London fell 2.2%.

Which nation is cheapest?

Of the four nations, Scotland had the lowest average at £198,397 in August 2026, ahead of Northern Ireland (£202,487), Wales (£216,363) and England (£293,525). The North East of England averaged £165,640, lower than any nation.

Is the average house price the same as what my house is worth?

No. An average covers every type and size of home in an area. Recent sales of similar homes on your street give a far better guide, and our sold prices tool shows them.

Where this comes from

Sources

Last reviewed 4 November 2026 by the Your Property Check team. This page is general information, not legal, tax or financial advice. For your own situation, speak to a conveyancing solicitor or another qualified professional.