Research carried out by property buyers Good Move looked at 40 years of property trend data to understand the future of the UK housing market.
The average property value in 2025 is between £251,476 and £269,000.
Based on the study, the company predicts the average property value in 2050 to reach £392,301, which marks an increase of 64 per cent in 30 years.
By 2035, average property value will also likely tip over the £300,000 mark.
Since 1980, house prices have grown by 1,145 per cent, where the average house sold for £19,273, compared to £239,927 in 2020.
Factors that influence property prices include the obvious supply and demand, property character, local area and investment, population changes, wider economic conditions and location all play a part in property prices, says Good Move.
Labour pledged to build 1.5 million new homes across their term in parliament, the equivalent of 300,000 properties annually, although reports show that the UK is currently behind target.
In late July, the BBC published its Verify’s housing tracker, which showed that 201,000 homes got their first EPC in the last 12 months to June 2025, which is down 8 per cent from the year prior.
Energy performance certificates (EPCs) are a good indicator of new homes as every property is required to have one within a few days of completion.
Meanwhile, figures from Planning Portal show that permission requests for new homes outside London between January and June were up 49 per cent on last year.
In a statement in December 2024, the minister for state for housing and planning Matthew Pennycook said that the government “inherited an acute and entrenched housing crisis.”
