UK house prices bounce back in January as analysts predict 2%-4% rise in 2026
Nationwide says average price of UK home rose by 0.3% last month after surprise fall in late 2025Business news – live updatesUK house prices bounced back in January after a surprise fall at the end of last year, and are predicted to improve during 2026, according to the UK’s top mortgage...
<p>Nationwide says average price of UK home rose by 0.3% last month after surprise fall in late 2025</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/feb/02/gold-silver-bitcoin-oil-commodities-slide-metals-meltdown-dollar-fed-chair-warsh-uk-house-prices-markets-business-live-news-updates">Business news – live updates</a></p></li></ul><p></p><p>UK house prices bounced back in January after a surprise fall at the end of last year, and are predicted to improve during 2026, according to the UK’s top mortgage lender.</p><p>The price of the average UK home rose by 0.3% in January, according to the lender Nationwide. That marked an improvement compared with December, when prices <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/02/uk-house-prices-unexpectedly-fell-at-end-of-year-nationwide-says">unexpectedly slipped</a> by 0.4% in the weeks after Rachel Reeves’s budget in late November.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/feb/02/uk-house-prices-bounce-back-in-january-as-analysts-predict-2-4-rise-in-2026">Continue reading...</a>
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