UK House Prices by Region, 2026
HM Land Registry HPI regional averages and year-on-year change across 11 UK regions (Northern Ireland not in this series).
Research period:
Research question
Which UK regions have the highest and lowest average house prices, and how are they moving year-on-year?
Methodology
This ranking is generated fresh from the current HM Land Registry dataset every time the page loads, not a fixed figure typed in once and forgotten. When HM Land Registry publishes an update, our next data refresh picks it up automatically.
Regions with no data reported are left out rather than shown as a false zero, since HM Land Registry occasionally withholds a figure for data-quality reasons.
Every number on this page traces back to a specific HM Land Registry record, so you can verify it yourself against the original source. See the methodology page for the full data pipeline and how often we refresh.
UK House Prices by Region, 2026
Live data, current as of the most recent source-data refresh
Year-over-year UK regional house price change, 2026
HM Land Registry UKHPI YoY change by region, separate dimension from price level
The ranked top 11
Every row below reflects the current HM Land Registry dataset and updates automatically the next time we refresh it.
| # | Region | Average price (£) | Year-on-year % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London | £552,655 | -2.1% |
| 2 | South East | £376,819 | 0.3% |
| 3 | East of England | £336,300 | 3.8% |
| 4 | South West | £302,618 | 3.5% |
| 5 | West Midlands | £250,625 | 5.8% |
| 6 | East Midlands | £241,620 | 5.5% |
| 7 | North West | £216,138 | 7.2% |
| 8 | Wales | £212,489 | 3.5% |
| 9 | Yorkshire and The Humber | £207,974 | 7.2% |
| 10 | Scotland | £191,927 | 2.8% |
| 11 | North East | £163,190 | 9.9% |
Source: HM Land Registry, UK House Price Index. Values are current as of our most recent HM Land Registry data refresh.
Findings
Top entity in the ranking
The top-ranked record in this dataset is London, with a value of £552,655 on the Average price (£) column. The full top-11 set is rendered in the table above. Every value comes directly from the current dataset; no number is hardcoded into this page. When the HM Land Registry publishes a revision, the ranking and the prose around it update automatically.
Distribution shape
The gap between the top-ranked record (£552,655) and the 11th-ranked record (£163,190) characterizes how concentrated the top of the distribution is. Where the top value is many multiples of the median value of the visible set, the population is highly concentrated, a small number of entities accumulate the bulk of the measured quantity. Where the top and bottom of the visible set are close together, the distribution is relatively flat across the top end. The full distribution beyond this top-11 cut is summarized in the aggregate context section below and explored in the linked entity profiles.
Aggregate context
Across the full population behind this ranking, here are the summary statistics: how many records exist in total, the sum of the ranking metric across all qualifying records, and the mean per-record value. The methodology page documents the exact filter applied (records with null or zero values on the ranking metric are excluded). This aggregate row is computed from the same dataset that powers the ranking above.
Source provenance
The records in this ranking originate from HM Land Registry, specifically the UK House Price Index. PlainMortgage ingests each new release from HM Land Registry and republishes the figures here automatically, so this page always reflects the current dataset rather than a fixed snapshot. The methodology page documents the source URL, the vintage date, and the transformation steps applied during ETL.
Why this ranking matters
Rankings like this one let a reader scan a population quickly and identify outliers, concentrations, and patterns that warrant deeper investigation. The detail pages linked from each entity in the table above give the full per-entity context: time-series history where available, related metrics from adjacent tables, and links onward to the underlying source records. The methodology page explains how an entity earns inclusion in the dataset and how the ranking column is computed at the source.
What this analysis cannot tell us
House Price Index figures lag underlying transactions by roughly two months because Land Registry must process the title transfer before the sale enters the dataset. The figure is the average (mean) price, not a median. Regional aggregates conceal substantial intra-region dispersion, Greater London contains both Hampstead and Barking, both at the same regional average level. Year-on-year comparisons are sensitive to the choice of base month; the figures presented here use the most recent fully-reported period against the same calendar month one year prior. Property type mix (detached, semi, terraced, flat) varies sharply by region and can shift the headline number even when same-property prices are stable.
Sources
- HM Land Registry UK House Price Index - https://landregistry.data.gov.uk/app/ukhpi
- Bank of England Bank Rate - https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/the-interest-rate-bank-rate
"Source-of-truth UK mortgage rate data lives in the Bank of England's quoted household interest rates; UK house price data lives in HM Land Registry UKHPI. Both publish monthly under Open Government Licence v3."