{"id":162527,"date":"2026-06-01T12:38:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=162527"},"modified":"2026-06-01T12:38:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:38:20","slug":"uk-house-prices-fall-may-2026-amidst-growing-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/uk-house-prices-fall-may-2026-amidst-growing-uncertainty\/162527\/","title":{"rendered":"UK house prices fall in May 2026 amidst growing uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationwide.co.uk\/media\/hpi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nationwide\u2019s House Price Index<\/a> for May 2026, UK house prices fell by 0.6% from the previous month<\/h2>\n<p>UK annual house price growth slowed to 1.7% in May, down from 3.0% in April, amid growing uncertainty over rising interest rates and energy prices due to the conflict in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>On a monthly basis, house prices fell 0.6%, reversing a 0.4% increase in April and marking the first monthly decline of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, May\u2019s average house price was \u00a3278,024, a steady decrease from \u00a3278,880 in April.<\/p>\n<h3>Consequences of Middle East war have weakened buyers&#8217; confidence<\/h3>\n<p>Nationwide Chief Economist Robert Gardner said the housing market had lost momentum amid rising energy prices and higher market interest rates following the war in Iran and the subsequent closure of the Straight of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the uncertainty caused by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/middle-east-clouds-cpa-spring-forecast-2026\/161678\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">developments in the Middle East<\/a> and the subsequent rise in interest rates and energy prices, some loss of momentum was expected,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that consumer confidence has weakened significantly since the conflict began, with GfK\u2019s headline confidence index falling to its lowest level since late 2023 in April and only recovering marginally in May.<\/p>\n<h3>Housing market sentiment has deteriorated throughout 2026<\/h3>\n<p>Housing market sentiment has also deteriorated, reflecting data from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors showing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rics.org\/news-insights\/uk-housing-market-slows-as-ongoing-middle-east-conflict-raises-borrowing-costs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new buyer enquiries fell sharply in March<\/a> and remained deeply negative in April.<\/p>\n<h3>It\u2019s important to look at the bigger picture amidst changes in UK house prices<\/h3>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/manchester-celebrates-another-record-year-for-affordable-housing\/162167\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">housing affordability<\/a> has improved in recent years as income growth has outpaced house price growth and borrowing costs have moderated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to judge the health of the property market with a long-term view, and the bigger picture remains one of stability, with house prices still higher than they were a year ago,\u201d stated Verona Frankish, CEO of Yopa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhilst we may have seen a marginal decline in property values on a monthly basis, this is unlikely to materialise into a long-term trend given we\u2019re now entering peak selling season when the market really heats up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chris Hodgkinson, managing director of House Buyer Bureau, added: \u201cWhen buyer demand starts to cool, the impact is often felt first through slower transaction times, tougher negotiations and an increase in fall-through rates rather than outright price declines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe market remains active, but sellers who fail to adapt their expectations to current conditions may find it considerably harder to secure a sale.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Nationwide\u2019s House Price Index for May 2026, UK house prices fell by 0.6% from the previous month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":162528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[908,656,173126],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-162527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-planning-construction-news","8":"tag-economy","9":"tag-housing","10":"tag-reports-and-analysis"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UK house prices fall in May 2026 amidst growing uncertainty<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"According to Nationwide\u2019s House Price Index for May 2026, UK house prices fell by 0.6% from the previous month\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/uk-house-prices-fall-may-2026-amidst-growing-uncertainty\/162527\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK house prices fall in May 2026 amidst growing uncertainty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to Nationwide\u2019s House Price Index for May 2026, UK house prices fell by 0.6% from the previous month\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/uk-house-prices-fall-may-2026-amidst-growing-uncertainty\/162527\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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