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UK property market pulse

Weekly round-up · sourced & factual

What moved in the UK property market each week — mortgage rates, the latest index readings, housing supply and policy. Every figure is sourced; no forecasts, no advice. For the full monthly data deep-dive, see the market report.

New round-ups normally publish within a few days of the week ending; we occasionally skip a quiet week rather than pad one out.

• Fresh Lloyds HPI, Rightmove and ONS readings show lender growth, softer asking prices and a ninth straight London fall

  Week ending 23 July 2026

  The Lloyds House Price Index recorded an average UK price of 299,330 pounds in June with annual growth of 0.6 per cent, Rightmove's July asking prices fell 1.0 per cent to 372,359 pounds, and the ONS measured May transaction prices up 2.7 per cent year-on-year. Bank Rate remained at 3.75 per cent ahead of the 30 July decision.

• Judicial-review reform targets major housing schemes as leasehold transparency and council reorganisation advance

  Week ending 16 July 2026

  A six-week consultation on extending judicial-review reforms to major housing schemes led a week of policy changes that also advanced leasehold transparency and local-government reorganisation. No fresh house-price prints or Bank Rate decision appeared during the week, so the market readings remained on their June releases.

• Halifax index becomes Lloyds and records first monthly rise in four months as National Housing Bank makes first loans

  Week ending 9 July 2026

  The Halifax House Price Index was renamed the Lloyds House Price Index and its first release under the new name recorded a 0.2 per cent monthly rise in June, the first in four months. Six government housing announcements across two days put policy at the centre of the week, led by the National Housing Bank's first 35 million pounds of deals unlocking roughly 2,500 homes.

• Lender indices diverge as Nationwide reports 2.2 per cent annual growth and Halifax holds at 0.5 per cent

  Week ending 2 July 2026

  Nationwide's June 2026 index recorded annual UK house-price growth of more than two per cent, widening the gap with Halifax's May reading of half that rate. No fresh Halifax, Rightmove or ONS prints this week; the next Halifax release is on 7 July 2026.

• Homes England delivers 42,433 starts and 40,332 completions in 2025/26 as MHCLG unveils homebuying reform package

  Week ending 25 June 2026

  Homes England's 2025/26 outturn showed 42,433 housing starts and 40,332 completions, both up double-digit year-on-year, with affordable homes accounting for 80 per cent of completions. The same week the MHCLG unveiled a homebuying reform package promising first-time buyer savings and a four-week cut to average purchase time.

• ONS April UK house price index jumps 3.8% on base effect as government unveils AI planning tools

  Week ending 18 June 2026

  The Office for National Statistics reported a 3.8% year-on-year rise in the UK house price index for April 2026 on 17 June — largely a base effect from the SDLT-driven April 2025 dip — alongside a 16 June MHCLG announcement of two AI tools to speed up planning decisions. Halifax, Nationwide and Rightmove remain on their May 2026 readings, and the Bank of England held Bank Rate at 3.75% on 18 June.

• Market pulse: mortgage rates edge down, prices near-flat, and the most homes for sale since 2015

  Week ending 11 June 2026

  The week in the UK property market: Halifax and Nationwide put annual growth at +0.5% and +1.7%, average 2-year fixed mortgage rates eased to 5.18%, and buyers have the widest choice of homes for this time of year in a decade.