{"id":428065,"date":"2026-03-06T14:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T07:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/2026\/03\/uk-february-halifax-house-prices-0-3-vs-0-3-m-m-expected\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T14:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T07:25:11","slug":"uk-february-halifax-house-prices-0-3-vs-0-3-m-m-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/uk-february-halifax-house-prices-0-3-vs-0-3-m-m-expected-428065\/","title":{"rendered":"UK February Halifax house prices +0.3% vs +0.3% m\/m expected"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Prior +0.7%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">Slight delay in the release by the source. UK house prices continue to edge up in February, with the average property price now touching \u00a3301,151 &#8211; marking a new record high. The annual growth for house prices also accelerated further to 1.3%, its strongest in four months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">Halifax notes that:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">&#8220;The housing market built on its steady start to the year in February, with average prices rising by<br \/>\n+0.3%, following an increase of +0.8% in January. Annual growth also picked up to +1.3%, its<br \/>\nstrongest rate for four months. Since the start of the year, average prices have increased by around<br \/>\n\u00a33,000, with a typical property now costing \u00a3301,151.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">These latest figures suggest the market has regained some momentum after a softer end to 2025.<br \/>\nWhile industry data for January show a slight easing in new mortgage approvals, overall activity has<br \/>\ncontinued to prove resilient.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">There\u2019s no doubt that affordability remains stretched, supply is constrained, and regional disparities<br \/>\npersist. For those without family support, the path to home ownership feels particularly challenging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">However, conditions have been gradually improving, with easing interest rates and real wage growth<br \/>\nhelping to support buyer confidence. As ever, timely and expert advice remains key to helping more<br \/>\npeople achieve their goal of stepping onto the property ladder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">Looking ahead, geopolitical uncertainties seem set to influence the outlook for inflation and the wider<br \/>\neconomy. Against that backdrop, markets are now anticipating a more gradual path for interest\u2011rate<br \/>\nreductions. If realised, the speed at which borrowing costs ease may be tempered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                            This article was written by Justin Low at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prior +0.7% Slight delay in the release by the source. UK house prices continue to edge up in February, with the average property price now touching \u00a3301,151 &#8211; marking a new record&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}