UK House Prices Dip and Lidl Celebrates Record Christmas Sales in December 2025
UK house prices fell by 0.4% in December 2025, according to Nationwide Building Society data. The annual price growth slowed to 0.6% for the year 2025, down from 1.8% in November 2025, marking the slowest pace since April 2024. Despite the monthly decline in December following a softer year-end after a positive earlier month, prices remained 0.6% higher compared to December 2024. The average UK house price rose to £273,077.
Regionally, East Anglia experienced an annual decline of 0.8%, the only region in negative territory, while Northern Ireland recorded the strongest annual increase at 9.7%. Economists polled by Reuters had expected a 0.1% monthly rise and a 1.2% annual change for December.
Meanwhile, Lidl UK reported record Christmas sales over the four weeks leading up to Christmas Eve, with revenue surpassing £1.1 billion and nearly 51 million customers visiting stores, an 8% increase year on year. The busiest day was 23 December. During the week before Christmas Eve, Lidl sold over 11,000 tonnes of seasonal produce, a 70% increase from the previous year. Seasonal items such as easy-peeler clementines saw about a 40% rise in sales.
Lidl GB CEO Ryan McDonnell described 2025 as a record-breaking Christmas period, attributing the success to ongoing low prices and strong support for British food, which have bolstered customer loyalty and delivered perceived high quality at the best price.
