🇬🇧 UK · Housing Fear & Greed

United Kingdom.
Where the housing market sits.

UK housing market sentiment computed from Nationwide HPI momentum, Halifax HPI cross-check, mortgage payment-to-income affordability, Rightmove asking-price leading indicator, and listed UK homebuilder stocks.

Updated weekly · awaiting first refresh Headline price index: Nationwide House Price Index Mortgage benchmark: 2-year fixed mortgage rate (BoE composite)
National gauges
Affordability
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0 · Most expensive100 · Most affordable
Price-to-income
Median home price divided by median household income, normalized against ten-year national history.
Mortgage payment burden
Monthly mortgage on the median home at current rates as a share of median household income.
Price-to-rent
Median home price divided by annual rent on a comparable property — cross-checks the rental-equivalent affordability.
Momentum
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0 · Cooling/declining100 · Running hot
Year-over-year price growth
Nationwide House Price Index year-over-year percentage change.
Inventory tightness
Months of supply at current sales pace — a low number means tight inventory.
Days on market
Median days a listing stays active before going under contract.
Sale-to-list ratio
Average ratio of final sale price to original asking price.
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