UK house prices increase by nearly 4% over the year, as private rent growth begins to slow, new figures show.
This morning, the Office for National Statistics published an updated statistical release on house prices and private rents in the UK, revealing a year-on-year house price increase of 3.7% in June 2025. Comparatively, the annual growth rate is up from 2.7% in the 12 months to May 2025.
In June, UK house prices averaged at £269,000. The highest house prices were in England, with an average price sitting at £291,000. This was followed by £210,000 in Wales and £192,000 in Scotland. Scotland saw the highest over the year increase in prices (5.9%).
Northern Ireland figures are only available on a quarterly basis, showing average prices at £185,000 in the second quarter of the year.
Additionally, the increase in monthly rent values has begun to slow, as July saw a 5.9% increase in rent prices over the year to £1,343 per month. This is down from the annual growth rate registered in May (6.7%).
At Polimapper, our data team has put together a selection of statistics from the latest ONS release in a geographical visualisation, showing cross-country trends.
Whilst the London areas of Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster saw average house prices of over £1,000,000 in June, dwelling values were below £150,000 in 22 other local authorities, including Inverclyde (£112,288), Kingston upon Hull (£132,028), and Stoke on Trent (£142,241).
The highest rent values were also registered in London, with 14 local authorities in Greater London seeing values above the £2,000 mark per dwelling per month.
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The visualisation shows house price and private rent ONS figures by local authority in the UK. House Price values refer to June and Q2 2025 whilst Private Rent values refer to July 2025.
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The latest house price figures come amidst reports of the government considering new property tax for homes valued over £500,000, in an attempt to replace stamp duty tax.
Jonathan Handford, managing director at Fine & Country:”Another month of steady house price growth goes a long way towards reassuring sellers that their property is holding its value in the face of economic headwinds.”
“The recent interest rate cut from the Bank of England has helped ease mortgage costs slightly, but future policy remains uncertain. With speculation around changes to stamp duty and a new property tax landing in the autumn budget, forecasts for house prices could be revised for later in the year.”
Additionally, rent price values indicated may have been influenced by the announcement of the Renters’ Rights Bill which is set to introduce significant changes to renting in England.
Nathan Emerson, chief executive at Propertymark: “With the UK Government and the Scottish Government edging towards the final stages of legislating the Renters’ Rights Bill and the Housing (Scotland) Bill respectively, the rental market is about to undergo fundamental changes aimed at strengthening consumer protection.”
“We currently stand at a point where, on average, across the UK there are typically six people making an application for every rental property available. This represents an extremely unhealthy situation where long-term investment is urgently needed to keep pace with growing demand across nearly all regions.”