Record number of sellers in promising start to 2025, but uncertainties ahead!

Record number of sellers in promising start to 2025, but uncertainties ahead!

The first 2025 Rightmove House Price Index was released this morning

The headlines that a record number of sellers have come to market since Boxing Day, giving buyers the highest level of choice at this time of year for ten years.
Average prices have also risen by 1.7% (+£5,992) this month to £366,189 – the largest jump in prices at the start of a year since 2020.
Despite the promising start, some uncertainties lie ahead, including the pace and number of interest rate drops this year and the impact of the stamp duty deadline on 31st March. To read the new Rightmove House Price Index please click this link, take me to the New Rightmove House Price Index

A record number of sellers have come to market since Boxing Day, giving buyers the highest level of choice at this time of year for ten years.
Average prices have also risen by 1.7% (+£5,992) this month to £366,189 – the largest jump in prices at the start of a year since 2020.
Despite the promising start, some uncertainties lie ahead, including the pace and number of interest rate drops this year and the impact of the stamp duty deadline on 31st March. 


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