House prices picked up in June, and Huntingdonshire is outpacing the national trend.

UK house prices rose 2.2% in the year to June 2026, up from 1.7% in May, according to Nationwide's latest House Price Index, published 1 July. It is the fastest annual growth rate the index has recorded so far this year. Locally, the picture is stronger still: the most recent official breakdown for Huntingdonshire has annual growth running ahead of both the national figure and the regional average, which matters for anyone weighing up whether to list this summer or wait.

What the June figures showed.

Nationwide's index put the average UK house price at £277,484 in June, flat on May in month-on-month terms after seasonal adjustment. The annual growth rate of 2.2% was ahead of most forecasters' expectations and continues a steady pickup from the low points seen earlier in the year.

Robert Gardner, Nationwide's chief economist, pointed to easing global uncertainty and softer-than-expected inflation readings as reasons the Bank of England may have less need to raise borrowing costs further, though he also flagged that affordability pressures are still weighing on demand in the most expensive parts of the country. The regional picture backs that up: Nationwide groups the East of England into its wider “Southern England” category, where annual growth averaged just 0.7%, and the Outer South East recorded the weakest growth anywhere in the UK at 0.1%. Northern Ireland led the country again, up 8.6%.

How does Huntingdonshire compare?

ONS's most recent local breakdown, provisional figures for January 2026, put the average Huntingdonshire sold price at £308,000, up 3.3% on the year. That is comfortably ahead of Nationwide's 2.2% national figure for June and well clear of the 0.7% average across Southern England. The two datasets are not measuring exactly the same moment (ONS uses completed Land Registry transactions, which take longer to register than the mortgage approvals behind Nationwide's index), but the direction of travel matches what we are seeing at the point of sale: quality, well-presented property across the patch is holding its price, and in many cases still moving ahead of it.

Which corridors in the patch are feeling it?

Demand is not even across Huntingdonshire. The A14 corridor, running from Huntingdon through Godmanchester, Hartford, the Hemingfords, Houghton, Wyton, Hilton, Fenstanton and on to St Ives, already has a direct run into Cambridge, and interest has firmed up further since Cambridge South opened on the Biomedical Campus line in June. Buyers who work in Cambridge but cannot afford to buy there are increasingly widening their search along this line.

The A1 corridor south towards Buckden, Perry, Grafham and Ellington is seeing pressure from a different direction: London and St Neots commuters priced out further south, with the A428 giving a second route into Cambridge from Buckden. Further out, the far west villages around Kimbolton and the fenland edge near Warboys and Somersham are seeing steadier, more affordability-led interest rather than a commuter premium, which fits the national pattern too: the fastest annual growth is coming from areas with lower entry prices rather than the most expensive postcodes. Godmanchester sits in between: an established, walkable town centre with the A14 commute, which is exactly the combination this market currently rewards.

What should buyers and sellers do now?

For sellers, an accelerating national trend combined with local outperformance is a reasonable case for testing the market this summer rather than waiting for autumn, particularly for property in the A14 and A1 corridors where demand is clearly ahead of the county-wide average. Pricing still needs to be realistic against comparable recent sales; a strengthening index is not a licence to overprice.

For buyers, the underlying message is that waiting for a bigger correction looks less likely to pay off than it did earlier in the year. As of July 2026, mortgage rates have eased from last year's peaks, and momentum is now building rather than fading. If you are weighing up whether now is the moment to sell, a free valuation will tell you exactly where your own property sits against these figures, rather than relying on a national average that may not reflect your street.