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Data Starter: UK house price index 2016-2025

Elizabeth Veal

3rd October 2025

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What has been happening to the UK house price index in the past 10 years?

Using this Trading Economic chart (click on the 10Y one), answer the following questions:

  1. Identify two significant features of the trend in the UK’s house price index since 2016.
  2. Why does the chart showing the house price index not give any information about the actual house price change in £s?

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Elizabeth Veal

Liz has taught Economics for over 25 years, including several years as Head of Economics at leading schools.