Insights
What the market is telling you — and what it means for your search.
As of 10 September 2026
Market mood
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Market pulse
How quickly homes are selling, where prices are moving, and what sellers are doing — and what it means for buyers.
Weekly briefing
What happened in the last 7 days and what it means for you.
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Go to My Market →NI Housing Market
Q1 2026
NI avg price
£198,015
Annual growth
+7.4%
Quarterly
+1.5%
Sales
5,009
This quarter
Fastest growing areas
- Newry, Mourne and Down+11.7%
- Derry City and Strabane+10.2%
- Mid Ulster+10.2%
Highest avg prices
- Lisburn and Castlereagh£233,022
- Ards and North Down£225,552
- Newry, Mourne and Down£218,797
Source: Land & Property Services / Ulster University · Q1 2026
Area market intelligence
We’ll surface local market data here as comparable activity builds.
Affordability
How house prices compare to local earnings — a useful lens when comparing areas.
Areas where homes cost less relative to local earnings give buyers more purchasing power. A lower ratio is better for buyers; a higher ratio means more of your income is needed to buy.
Official NI house price-to-earnings ratio
4.9×
2025 · DoF NI HPI reported figure
On average, NI house prices are 4.9× the median annual gross earnings, as reported in the NI House Price Index.
House price-to-earnings ratio by council area
Lower relative pressure
- Mid and East Antrim5.6×
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon6.0×
- Belfast6.0×
Higher relative pressure
- Ards and North Down7.7×
- Newry, Mourne and Down7.4×
- Causeway Coast and Glens7.1×
Affordability varies by council area once local earnings are considered. Ratios calculated from NI HPI standardised prices ÷ NISRA ASHE 2025 residence-based median annual gross pay. Bands are relative to the NI computed average.
Sources: DoF NI House Price Index · Q1 2026; NISRA ASHE 2025 annual gross pay. Standardised prices adjust for property mix — use for area comparison, not individual valuation. Price-to-earnings ratios are market-level signals only.
Transaction volumes
More sales means better price data. Areas and property types with higher volumes give us more reliable benchmarks — so confidence is higher there.
Homes sold last quarter (Q1 2026)
Detached
1,508
Semi-detached
1,578
Terrace
1,470
Apartment
453
Which home types are growing fastest
- semi-detached£201,256 avg+9.0%
- terrace£142,840 avg+8.5%
- detached£306,297 avg+6.7%
- apartment£139,882 avg+1.2%
Area-level transaction volumes will appear here once annual area statistics are imported via the admin HPI tool.
Source: DoF NI HPI · Q1 2026 · Provisional
Local Micro-Markets
Ward-level descriptive statistics · not for calculating price change over time
Highest median prices (2006)
- WindsorBelfastStrong sample£212,000
- CentralBelfastStrong sample£173,250
- WindsorBelfastStrong sample£156,500
Most active by verified sales
- Central361 sales
- Blackstaff330 sales
- Windsor300 sales
Source: DoF NI HPI detailed statistics. Ward/DEA figures are descriptive — do not use to calculate price change over time. Prices only shown where at least 30 verified sales were recorded.
Urban vs Rural
Urban/rural classification data will appear here once imported via the admin HPI tool.
About this data
All signals are calculated from properties in your tracker — no external APIs or AI predictions. Market conditions are based on sale velocity, pricing against asking, and reduction rate. Language like "may suggest" and "appears" is used deliberately. Nothing here should be treated as financial advice.