Average price
£275,241
August 2026
12 months
+0.8%
August 2025 to August 2026
Last month
+0.3%
July to August 2026
Sales registered
53,384
June 2026, the latest month published
United Kingdom average
£273,037
August 2026
HM Land Registry's average price for Great Britain was £275,241 in August 2026, up 0.8% on the year. That is about 1% above the United Kingdom average of £273,037. 53,384 sales in Great Britain have been registered so far for June 2026, the most recent month HM Land Registry have published a count for.
HM Land Registry's average price for Great Britain from the UK House Price Index, broken down by property type, buyer status, funding status and property status.
Price trend
Over the 12 months to August 2026, the average price in Great Britain rose 0.8%, peaking at £275,241 in August 2026.
Peak £275,241 in August 2026.
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By property type
Detached homes are the most expensive in Great Britain at £449,213, 131% above flat or maisonette at £194,753. Flat or maisonette is the only type where prices fell over the year, down 1.7%.
| Property type | Average price | Annual change |
|---|---|---|
| £449,213 | +0.6% | |
| £281,401 | +1.9% | |
| £235,592 | +1.7% | |
| £194,753 | −1.7% |
Month by month
| Month | Average price | Monthly change | Annual change | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £275,241 | +0.3% | +0.8% | – | |
| £274,320 | +0.6% | +1.1% | – | |
| £272,817 | −0.6% | +1.2% | 53,384 | |
| £274,397 | +0.5% | +2.9% | 54,591 | |
| £273,101 | +0.8% | +4% | 54,079 | |
| £270,832 | −0.3% | Broadly flat | 62,045 | |
| £271,650 | +0.2% | +1.6% | 55,661 | |
| £271,020 | +0.3% | +1.3% | 53,376 | |
| £270,301 | −0.9% | +1.4% | 72,022 | |
| £272,867 | +0.2% | +2.1% | 78,924 | |
| £272,188 | +0.1% | +1.6% | 91,612 | |
| £272,005 | −0.4% | +1.7% | 79,516 | |
| £273,064 | +0.7% | +1.9% | 84,004 |
By buyer status
The average price for first-time buyers in Great Britain was £106,131 below that for former owner-occupiers, a gap of 46%.
| Buyer | Average price | Annual change |
|---|---|---|
| £230,097 | +0.9% | |
| £336,228 | +0.8% |
By funding status
The average price for cash buyers in Great Britain was 8% below that for mortgage buyers. Cash accounted for 26% of the cash and mortgage sales registered so far for June 2026.
| Paid with | Average price | Annual change | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| £259,131 | +0.5% | 8,398 | |
| £282,126 | +0.9% | 23,567 |
By property status
The average price for new builds in Great Britain was 29% above that for existing homes.
| Property status | Average price | Annual change |
|---|---|---|
| £346,611 | Broadly flat | |
| £269,332 | +1.3% |
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The average price is the index's standardised average, a mix-adjusted geometric mean, not the mean or median of sales, so it will not match a list of sold prices. HM Land Registry revise the most recent twelve months as more sales are registered, so recent figures are provisional.