Data crunching has unveiled the major property trends of 2025, with some typically plush neighbourhoods seing major price decreases – while unsung areas see increases
The UK’s property hotspots for 2025 have been revealed in a stark new map showing where prices have risen and fallen the most over the last year.
The country’s property market was an undeniably mixed bag in 2025, with prices maintaining some strong momentum early on in the year with general growth. But the Nationwide House Price Index (HPI) found it ended on a “softer note”, with growth of just 0.6 percent – translating to dramatic slowing as December ends more than a full point down from the 1.8 percent reported in November.
The countrywide picture isn’t the only one, however, as data has uncovered 20 hotspots where prices are rising and another 20 where they are falling.
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Analysis of data published by the Land Registry has revealed the seaside town of Aldeburgh, in East Suffolk, is the reigning property hotspot of 2025.
The IP15 postcode area, which covers Aldeburgh, has seen a steeper rise in average house prices over the last 12 months than anywhere else in England and Wales. Homes sold for an average of nearly £775,000 each in IP15 over the course of 2025. That’s a whopping 77 percent increase compared to 2024 when the average house price in the area was £612,000.
And it’s a larger percentage increase of any postcode area with at least 20 sales over the last 12 months. In stark contrast to Aldeburgh is the Usworth area of Washington in Tyne and Wear, where, last year, homes in the NE37 postcode area sold for an average of £164,000. The massive nearly £450,000 price difference makes it one of the least expensive postcode areas in which to buy.
But prices in the area have still exploded at a significant rate, which is the second largest in the country. Back in 2024, homes in NE37 sold for an average of £130,000.
Next on the list is the Manchester suburb of Firswood, which covers the M16 postcost. The postcode benefits from spillover from the popular, but expensive, areas of Chorlton and Didsbury. While prices in those areas are stagnating, M16 has seen prices rise by 23 percent compared to 2024.
The MK7 postcode area of Caldecotte in Milton Keynes is comes closely behind at 22 percent, alongside NP24 which covers New Tredegar in Wales.
Surprisingly, the historically plush central London neighbourhood of Belgravia has seen the largest overall fall in average house prices over the last year. The traditional home of the country’s rich, famous, and powerful has seen prices more than halve in the last year – but from dizzying highs to dizzying highs.
The typical Belgravia home sold for an eyewatering £2.7 million in 2025, a price which, while unaffordable for 99 percent of people, is a massive discount of 51 percent from over £5.5 million in 2024.
Nearly 100 miles to Belgravia’s west in another historic community, the Cotswolds village of Broadway – a mainstay for city slickers seeking a quiet break – house prices are in similar freefall. Average house prices in the WR12 postcode area have slipped 36 percent compared to last year, going for an average of £456,000.
Another surprise entry to the list is London’s central Fitzrovia neighbourhood, a residential hub for some of the city’s richest inhabitants, with homes in W1T selling for £916,000 on average, a fall of 33 percent.
The top 20 property hotspots – and cold spots – are as follows:
Top 20 postcode area price increases
IP15 (Aldeburgh, Suffolk): £27%
NE37 (Usworth, Sunderland): £26%
M16 (Firswood, Manchester): £23%
MK7 (Caldecotte, Milton Keynes): £22%
NP24 (New Tredegar, Caerphilly): £22%
LD8 (Presteigne, Powys): £21%
SY18 (Llanidloes, Powys): £20%
L24 (Hale, Liverpool): £20%
WR1 (Worcester, Worcestershire): £19%
OL1 (Chadderton, Oldham): £18%
HX4 (Barkisland, Calderdale): £18%
DL4 (Shildon, County Durham): £18%
L4 (Anfield, Liverpool): £17%
SA65 (Fishguard, Pembrokeshire): £17%
LN7 (Market Rasen, Lincolnshire): £17%
L20 (Bootle, Merseyside): £17%
MK2 (Brickfields, Milton Keynes): £16%
DL17 (Ferryhill, County Durham): £16%
LL26 (Llanrwst, Conwy ): £16%
DN38 (Barnetby, North Lincolnshire): £16%
TA13 (South Petherton, Somerset): £16%
DH9 (Dipton, County Durham): £16%
LS22 (Collingham, Leeds): £15%
HX5 (Elland, Calderdale): £15%
BR5 (Orpington, Bromley): £15%
20 worst postcodes
SW1X (Belgravia, Westminster): £-51%
WR12 (Broadway, Worcestershire): £-36%
W1T (Fitzrovia, Camden): £-33%
RG25 (Cliddesden, Basingstoke): £-30%
TA22 (Dulverton, Somerset): £-30%
N2 (East Finchley, Barnet): £-29%
PL28 (Padstow, Cornwall): £-29%
B94 (Olton, Solihull): £-28%
GU25 (Virginia Water, Runnymede): £-27%
CA12 (Keswick, Cumbria): £-26%
BA7 (Castle Cary, Somerset): £-26%
EC1R (Finsbury, Islington): £-26%
KT13 (Weybridge, Surrey): £-25%
SW5 (Earl’s Court, Kensington and Chelsea): £-24%
LL59 (Menai Bridge, Isle of Anglesey): £-24%
SE21 (Dulwich, Camberwell): £-24%
W8 (Kensington, London): £-24%
LA23 (Windermere, Cumbria): £-23%
SO43 (Lyndhurst, New Forest): £-23%
PE31 (Wolferton, King’s Lynn): £-22%
NR23 (Quarles, North Norfolk): £-22%