HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index for July 2026, published on 16 September 2026, reported that average UK house prices rose 0.7% between June and July 2026 and were up 1.4% over the year, putting the average property at £273,000. In England, prices rose 0.7% monthly and 1.1% annually to an average of £293,000. Wales recorded a 1% monthly and 2.6% annual increase to £215,000; London saw a 0.1% monthly fall and a 3.3% annual decline to £550,000.

Within England, the East Midlands had the largest monthly increase at 1.7%, while the South West recorded the biggest monthly fall at -0.2%. The North East had the highest annual growth at 4.9%, and London the lowest at -3.3%. The report estimated 97,000 residential transactions of £40,000 or more in July 2026 on a seasonally adjusted basis, 1.1% lower than a year earlier and down 1.7% from June.

The index is based on completed transactions, which typically take six to eight weeks, and the release cautions against over-weighting a single month's data. It noted that new-build and existing-resold figures for the two most recent months are not published because of insufficient transactions. The August 2026 index was scheduled for release at 9:30am on Wednesday 21 October 2026.