House price growth softened at the start of 2025, according to an index. The annual rate of house price growth slowed to 4.1% ...

HOUSE price growth has slowed at the start of January, according to Nationwide. The building society said the average price of a property increased by just 0.1% month-on-month. This was lower than ...

The number of homes on the market is at a seven-year high, meaning buyers are in a strong position to negotiate.

Nationwide's senior economist Andrew Harvey said UK housing affordability had seen a modest improvement over the past year, ...

Nationwide finds four in 10 buyers need a loan or gift from friends or family to raise enough for home deposit ...

There has been a modest improvement in UK housing affordability over the last year, due to earnings growth marginally ...

Here are the most affordable authorities per nation or region, as measured by the typical first-time buyer house price-to-earnings ratio (data is not available for Northern Ireland): Scotland, ...

Growth in UK house prices eased in January, according to figures released on Friday by Nationwide. House prices ticked up 0.1 ...

The average first-time buyer is spending 36% of their take-home pay on mortgage payments, according to Nationwide.

Property is more affordable thanks to rising wages, but where are buyers paying the largest - and smallest - proportion of their salary to get on the ladder?

Nationwide also found that people working ... with the first-time buyer house price-to-earnings ratio standing at 5.0 at the end of 2024, still far above the long-run average of 3.9 ...