Nationwide's index published on 1 October 2026 shows annual house price growth halved to 0.8% in September, down from 1.6% in August.
The house price market resolves on Nationwide's house price index for September 2026, expected on nationwide.co.uk on 1 October 2026; YES if the annual rate of change is above 1.6 per cent, August's figure, as first published. If Nationwide has not published by 23:59 BST on 5 October 2026, the Guardian and BBC News reports of the September index settle it.
We found six changes since 2013 that made borrowing easier. Each came from the UK government or a UK regulator and let buyers borrow with a smaller deposit or a bigger multiple of their income. For each change we compared mortgage approvals in the three months after it with the three months before. Changes that made borrowing harder are left out.