UK House Prices by Region: How to Read the Official House Price Index

Описание: Headlines say house prices are up, or down. But where? Here's how to read the official UK House Price Index and check your own area, for free.
August 2026 data: UK average £273,037, up 0.9% on a year; London down 2.2%; the North East up 3.2%.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:22 What the UK HPI is
2:02 Why it lags, and why indices disagree
3:46 Get the data for your area
5:08 The regional picture, August 2026
7:04 First-time buyers vs former owner-occupiers
8:23 Your own area: local-authority data
10:05 Caveats: revisions and small samples
10:44 What's next

SOURCES
[S1] ONS, Private rent and house prices, UK: October 2026 (21 Oct 2026): https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationan...
[S2] Nationwide HPI, September 2026 and Q3 regional (London figure) (1 Oct 2026): https://www.nationwide.co.uk/media/hpi/rep...
[S2b] Nationwide HPI, October 2026 (30 Oct 2026): https://www.nationwide.co.uk/media/hpi/rep...
[S3] Lloyds House Price Index (formerly Halifax), September 2026: https://www.lloydsbank.com/media-centre/ho...
[S4] Rightmove House Price Index, October 2026 (asking prices): https://www.rightmove.co.uk/news/house-pri...
[S5] HM Land Registry, About the UK House Price Index: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications...
[S6] UK House Price Index: data downloads August 2026: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-...
[S7] UK House Price Index search tool: https://landregistry.data.gov.uk/app/ukhpi

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Screen recordings of the HM Land Registry UK House Price Index search tool (landregistry.data.gov.uk): Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Stock footage: Pexels (Pexels Licence) - David Pickup, MART PRODUCTION.
Narration uses an AI-generated voice.

For education only. This isn't financial, investment, mortgage, legal or tax advice. Figures are from the official sources cited, are provisional and may be revised. Rightmove figures are asking prices. Nationwide and Lloyds are lender indices.