Where homes are most likely to have risen in value in 2025 – is your area on the list?
Half of UK homes increased in value in 2025 but a third fell, according to new data from property portal Zoopla
The areas where homes are most likely to have risen in value in 2025 have been revealed.
Property website Zoopla assessed how much property prices rose across all UK local authorities in 2025, listing one area in each region where the highest percentage of homes relative to the total amount increased in value.
Across Scotland, Renfrewshire was the authority where the highest number of homes increased in value. There, 95% of the 47,000 properties went up in value, with the average price rise worth £12,500.
MoneyWeek
Subscribe to MoneyWeek today and get your first six magazine issues absolutely FREE
Sign up to Money Morning
Don't miss the latest investment and personal finances news, market analysis, plus money-saving tips with our free twice-daily newsletter
Don't miss the latest investment and personal finances news, market analysis, plus money-saving tips with our free twice-daily newsletter
Chorley, in North West England, was second on the list with 88% of the 36,900 homes rising in value across 2025, by an average of £11,500.
Home to the football team owned by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, 79% of its 37,600 homes went up in price in 2025 (averaging £10,400).
Top local authority in each region | Region | % homes | No. of homes | Avg. gain (£) |
Renfrewshire | Scotland | 95% | 47,000 | £12,500 |
Chorley | North West | 88% | 36,900 | £11,500 |
Wrexham | Wales | 79% | 37,600 | £10,400 |
Northumberland | North East | 78% | 98,000 | £8,600 |
Calderdale | Yorkshire and The Humber | 77% | 63,100 | £10,000 |
Dudley | West Midlands | 77% | 89,200 | £8,500 |
Castle Point | East of England | 67% | 20,800 | £10,500 |
High Peak | East Midlands | 67% | 22,600 | £8,800 |
Gloucester | South West | 62% | 31,000 | £8,300 |
Waltham Forest | London | 59% | 55,800 | £26,600 |
Test Valley | South East | 58% | 26,900 | £12,300 |
Credit: Zoopla
We look at the best UK regions to be a buy-to-let landlord in another article.
House prices most likely to have risen in the northern regions in 2025
Houses were most likely to have increased in value across the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland in 2025, according to Zoopla’s research.
In Northern Ireland, 94% (716,100) of properties rose in price by an average of £14,200, while just 3% (26,400) fell in value (by an average of £12,200).
In Scotland, 73% of homes (1,949,800) went up in value and by an average of £10,400. Conversely, 17% (474,600) dropped in price to an average loss of £7,700.
Across the North West England region, 72% of properties (2,451,100) increased in value, with the average price rise worth £9,700. There, 15% of homes (513,800) dropped in value to the average tune of £7,500.
In the North East of England, 67% (837,700) of properties saw their prices go up by an average of £6,600, versus 19% (229,500) which went down by an average of £4,800.
In South West England, South East England and London, the proportion of homes that fell in value in 2025 was greater than the percentage that rose across these regions.
The findings largely mirror what other major house price indices (HPIs) have been noting – that house price growth was greater in the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland in 2025, while in southern England and the capital it was much weaker.
Across the whole of the UK, around 15.2 million homes increased in value, and by an average of £9,900, in 2025, Zoopla said. Including all 30 million UK homes, there was an average increase in value of £2,300.
Where will house prices rise the most in value in 2026?
Earlier this month, Zoopla highlighted the top 10 UK locations with the most potential for house price growth in 2026.
The property portal based its predictions on how affordable homes are, how quickly they are selling, whether prices are being cut to attract demand and how many properties have been on the market for longer than six months across different areas in the UK.
The factors were assessed across 120 UK postal areas to create overall rankings of the places with the best prospects for house price growth in 2026.
Nine areas in the top 10 list are based in Scotland, with Motherwell, Glasgow and Paisley in the top three. Falkirk, Kirkcaldy and Edinburgh also feature.
The one area in the top 10 list outside Scotland was Wigan in the North West of England.
Zoopla said one of the major reasons so many postal areas in Scotland were forecast to see strong house price inflation in 2026 was due to the large number of homes on offer which could put sellers in a stronger position.
-
MoneyWeek’s gold quiz: How much do you know about yellow metal?Quiz Gold is one of the world’s most popular safe haven assets, with investors often pouring their money into it during times of turmoil. Test your knowledge of the yellow metal in our quiz.
-
‘I thought pensions were dull. Now I have a £1 million pot’Women are less likely to actively plan for their retirement (though men aren’t that engaged either), new research shows. MoneyWeek spoke to two savers at different ends of the financial and age spectrum about their money decisions – and where those choices lead.
