Last updated on March 18th, 2026 at 01:03 pm

Caroline Murray

In fact, according to Rightmove, 45% more homes were added to its listings on 28 March 2024 – just before the Easter weekend – than the previous Thursday.

Spring offers many advantages when it comes to selling your home and attracting buyers:

• The weather – it’s getting milder, and more people are prepared to venture out and go house hunting.
• Houses look their best when gardens are springing into life.
• The clocks go forward: longer days mean more time for house hunting and viewing.
• There are more buyers in the market.
• Families often have their eye on getting into a new home in time for the new school year after the summer holidays.

Caroline Murray, head of Graysons’ conveyancing team says:

“We are very busy at present and are seeing an increase in new sellers and buyers.  Sellers are certainly being smart with their prices and slower rises appear to be keeping the market lively.  Buyers also appear optimistic that interest rates are on the way down, following the first interest rate cut of the year in February and two or three more expected. We are always busier around the Easter period, and expectations are that it won’t be any different this year.”  

Sales market made confident start

Despite global uncertainty, the sales market appears to have made a confident start in 2026, with Rightmove saying that, currently, new listings coming on to the market in March are only 3% lower than the same period in 2025 (when buyers and sellers were trying to beat the stamp duty increase) but 5% higher than 2024.

Zoopla, whose figures only reflect the period up to February 2026, says that activity is healthy, with 6% more homes being listed in February 2026 than in the same month in 2025 and that it this is expected to rise.  Highlighting the importance of the spring market, Zoopla notes that almost 30% of house are listed between March and May each year.

Various organisations measure house prices, and their methods and results vary.  Some of those that have released figures this year are:

• Rightmove saw an increase of 0.8% in March over February, after a 0% rise in February over January and a 2.8% rise in January over December 2025. (For Yorkshire and the Humber, the month on month increase was 0.6% and the year on year increase 1%).
• Halifax saw a monthly increase of 0.8% in January and 0.3% in February and a year on year growth of 1.3%.
• Zoopla shows a year on year growth rate of 1.3% in February 2026.

Average house prices

Equally, those organisations that produce average house prices vary in methodology and results.  Several organisations keep track of house prices.  Only some have produced figures for 2026 so far.  They include:

• Rightmove shows the average house price in the UK in March 2026 as £371,042 and the average in Yorkshire and Humberside at £255,529.
• Zoopla shows the average house price in UK in February 2026 as £269,900.
• Halifax shows a record high average house price in February 2026 of £301,151.
• The UK House Price Index is provided by the Land Registry. It is published quarterly. The average price as at December 2025 and published on 18 February 2026 is £270,259.

Let Graysons help you with your property move this spring

So, if you are a seller, looking to take advantage of the Easter surge in buyers, or a buyer looking to start your house purchase, contact our property experts now.  We will give you a competitive quotation and can start the ball rolling, so you are ready to move quickly when the transaction is agreed. Or you can get an instant quotation using our calculator at www.graysons.co.uk/conveyancing-quote. You can also find out more about buying or selling your home on our web pages.

Author: Caroline Murray, partner and head of conveyancing.