UK house prices in surprise increase; NatWest braces for slowing economy – business live

The Guardian · May 1, 2026 War

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as average house price rose 0. 4% in April and NatWest sets aside £140m British homebuyers defied a bleak economic mood and the Iran war to push house prices up by 0. 4% in April, surprising economists who had on average expected a decline.