First-time buyers are expected to drive the UK housing market in 2026, with further interest rate cuts likely to improve stretched affordability. The for-sale market should accelerate moderately, with prices rising by 2% to 4%, while rent rises are likely to slow from the rapid increases of recent years, according to lenders and estate agents.
Plymouth saw the steepest rise in average property value in 2025 (Picture: Getty Images) From London to the Lake District, Cornwall, and the countryside village from The Holiday (Shere in Surrey), the UK isn’t short of spectacular places to live. But this year’s ‘housing hotspots’, where the value of homes went up the most, might
UK house prices rose fastest in Plymouth this year as investment in shopping and amenities lured buyers to the south-west city, a survey of 2025 housing hotspots shows, as the central London market struggled with weaker demand. The average property price rose by 12.6% in Plymouth during 2025, the steepest rise anywhere in the country,
Channel 4 TV presenter and property expert Stuart Douglas has offered his best advice to get on the property ladder in 2026 as he reveals his latest interactive initiative Stuart Douglas is sharing his latest initiative(Image: Mark Bourdillon Love Productions) Stuart Douglas is ready to make someone’s dream come true with a history-making launch. The
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK house prices myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Property prices in London have fallen at the fastest pace in nearly two years on the back of a steep decline in the cost of flats, pointing to large regional differences in the UK