What next for house prices in 2026?

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🗓️ 3 January 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

It's safe to say it was a mixed bag for the property market last year, with a mixture of Budget speculation and stamp duty costs weighing on house prices, but mortgage lending rules loosening helping first-time buyers.

So, what will happen in 2026 - Georgie Frost and Lee Boyce discuss, and ask - will it be another stagnant year for house prices.

Elsewhere, there's a warning top cash Isa rates are set to fall.

Can you really retire at 50? We look at the top tips to do this and what to plan for - and Georgie and Lee reveal their new year resolutions.

And finally, have we reached peak coffee shop? Costa is struggling as owner Coca-Cola looks to offload it at a loss - but have we had enough of +£4 cups of coffee at chains?

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Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen Crane

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0:00.0	Welcome to This Is Money podcast sponsored by Charles Stanley Direct. I'm Georgie Frost and joining me today is Lee Boyce.
0:09.0	And coming up, house prices saw a surprise fall in December, so what will 2026 have in store?
0:15.0	Plus, we take a look at the red hot areas where house prices are rising and falling the fastest. Also today, cash ice
0:22.2	rates are set to fall this year, Lee will let you know the pick of the bunch that you
0:25.4	can open now. We'll talk New Year's resolutions, financial ones, notably how to retire
0:31.3	a decade early, plus poor Costa lost his mount as Coca-Cola searches for a new buyer, but is it time we fell
0:38.8	out of love generally with over-expensive High Street coffee chains.
0:42.3	Don't forget to stay up to date with all the latest breaking money news, just go to this
0:45.3	ismoney.co.uk or download the app. But first, a message from our sponsors. With the
0:51.4	New Year finally here and your New Year's resolutions confirmed,
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1:12.9	UK forward slash financial coaching. Go on, make 2026 the year you take control of your financial future.
1:20.5	Remember, investment involves risk. Now, back to the show. House price it suffered an unexpected
1:25.2	slump in December, finishing 2025, only 0.6% higher than a year ago.
1:31.4	That's a mere £1,642 rise. That's according to Nationwide Building Society. But the picture, as ever, isn't uniform across the country.
1:40.4	So where did well, where fared rather poorly? and what does 2026 have in store for house prices?
1:46.0	Lee, you've been chatting to the experts, but first, give me some of the house price figures.
1:52.0	Isn't December normally a pretty rubbish month?
1:55.0	Yeah, I mean, I would say so. I wouldn't say this is that complete surprise. I mean, given the fact that we've come off the back of a kind of
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