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Past price cycles in Ards and North Down

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 2005. That fall began in Q4 2007.

Deepest fall
−55.7%
Recovery from the low
Not yet

Prices in Ards and North Down and the UK, indexed

Average sale prices, both set to 100 in Q1 2005.

  • Ards and North Down
  • 100 = Q1 2005
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PeriodArds and North Down
Q2 2026183.8
Q1 2026182.8
Q4 2025178.3
Q3 2025180.3
Q2 2025171.8
Q1 2025169.3
Q4 2024167.4
Q3 2024166.0
Q2 2024162.2
Q1 2024160.2
Q4 2023154.6
Q3 2023152.5
Q2 2023153.9
Q1 2023147.0
Q4 2022155.1
Q3 2022152.1
Q2 2022150.8
Q1 2022143.3
Q4 2021137.7
Q3 2021138.2
Q2 2021134.4
Q1 2021132.2
Q4 2020127.5
Q3 2020125.8
Q2 2020118.9
Q1 2020119.7
Q4 2019120.0
Q3 2019120.6
Q2 2019117.9
Q1 2019115.9
Q4 2018117.2
Q3 2018116.9
Q2 2018114.8
Q1 2018114.3
Q4 2017112.6
Q3 2017113.5
Q2 2017111.7
Q1 2017109.8
Q4 2016109.7
Q3 2016109.2
Q2 2016109.2
Q1 2016107.2
Q4 2015107.6
Q3 2015107.2
Q2 2015104.2
Q1 2015102.9
Q4 2014101.7
Q3 2014100.1
Q2 201498.7
Q1 201496.8
Q4 201394.9
Q3 201393.8
Q2 201392.7
Q1 201391.5
Q4 201294.7
Q3 201296.5
Q2 201296.5
Q1 201298.2
Q4 2011107.6
Q3 2011106.3
Q2 2011106.6
Q1 2011111.6
Q4 2010116.8
Q3 2010126.3
Q2 2010127.2
Q1 2010127.6
Q4 2009130.1
Q3 2009133.1
Q2 2009131.3
Q1 2009136.5
Q4 2008145.4
Q3 2008148.3
Q2 2008179.7
Q1 2008197.3
Q4 2007206.6
Q3 2007197.8
Q2 2007189.9
Q1 2007170.7
Q4 2006151.8
Q3 2006134.5
Q2 2006120.3
Q1 2006112.4
Q4 2005109.5
Q3 2005105.2
Q2 2005103.8
Q1 2005100.0

Every fall of 3% or more

From the peak to the lowest month after it, and how long prices took to get back.

PeakLowFallMonths fallingMonths to recover
Q4 2007Q1 2013−55.7%63Not yet

The UK House Price Index goes back to 1968 for the UK, its nations and England's regions, to 1995 for councils in England and Wales, to 2004 in Scotland and to 2005 in Northern Ireland, where it is quarterly. A fall counts once prices drop 3% below a peak, and ends when they are back at it.

Other reports for Ards and North Down

Affordability

Figures for Northern Ireland: Ards and North Down has no reliable figures of its own.

At the average sale price, a home costs £227,275. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,049 a month. The UK sets no cap on the payment; no more than 15% of new mortgages may lend over 4.5 times income.

Payment, two incomes
17%
Payment, one income
34%

Buy or rent

Figures for United Kingdom: Ards and North Down has no reliable figures of its own.

Owning the average home costs less each month than renting it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the average sale price; rent is the average of all private tenancies. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.

Rent per month
£1,406
Owning per month
£1,286

New homes

20.0% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
500
Per 1,000 residents
3.0

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Ards and North Down has no reliable figures of its own.

Buyers living abroad bought 1.8% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q1 2025.

Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
1.8%

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 231 while 535 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
535
Population change, 2025
−231

Empty homes

5.9% of the 74,838 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
5.9%
Empty homes
4,393