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Past price cycles in Falkirk

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 5 times since 2004. The deepest began in June 2008.

Deepest fall
−19.2%
Recovery from the low
59 months

Prices in Falkirk and the UK, indexed

Average sale prices, both set to 100 in January 2004.

  • Falkirk
  • United Kingdom
  • 100 = January 2004
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PeriodFalkirkUnited Kingdom
Aug 2026276.0216.4
Jul 2026275.7215.7
Jun 2026277.3214.5
May 2026275.6215.7
Apr 2026272.3214.7
Mar 2026268.3212.9
Feb 2026268.7213.5
Jan 2026268.9213.0
Dec 2025270.6212.4
Nov 2025270.2214.4
Oct 2025269.0213.8
Sep 2025265.8213.6
Aug 2025262.2214.4
Jul 2025261.5213.1
Jun 2025261.2211.4
May 2025261.0209.3
Apr 2025259.2206.2
Mar 2025259.2212.4
Feb 2025258.5209.8
Jan 2025256.3210.0
Dec 2024257.8209.2
Nov 2024257.5209.6
Oct 2024258.7210.2
Sep 2024256.7209.8
Aug 2024258.6210.1
Jul 2024255.4208.0
Jun 2024252.2205.7
May 2024247.2204.9
Apr 2024249.2203.3
Mar 2024251.4202.2
Feb 2024250.3201.8
Jan 2024250.8202.9
Dec 2023250.1203.0
Nov 2023251.3204.8
Oct 2023251.4206.2
Sep 2023251.2207.1
Aug 2023249.3208.1
Jul 2023244.4207.0
Jun 2023242.1204.7
May 2023240.6203.9
Apr 2023239.6203.3
Mar 2023238.3202.8
Feb 2023242.5205.1
Jan 2023249.6206.8
Dec 2022254.0208.6
Nov 2022253.0210.3
Oct 2022247.3210.6
Sep 2022243.8210.6
Aug 2022246.1210.1
Jul 2022247.8208.4
Jun 2022249.8204.6
May 2022246.9202.1
Apr 2022245.2199.8
Mar 2022238.6197.5
Feb 2022230.7196.8
Jan 2022227.1196.6
Dec 2021228.8194.3
Nov 2021229.7193.3
Oct 2021229.4189.6
Sep 2021228.1194.5
Aug 2021226.4188.9
Jul 2021221.4183.4
Jun 2021215.0192.4
May 2021211.1182.7
Apr 2021206.4181.5
Mar 2021206.4184.2
Feb 2021208.3181.5
Jan 2021213.8181.0
Dec 2020214.9181.0
Nov 2020214.0179.6
Oct 2020206.4177.8
Sep 2020201.7176.3
Aug 2020196.6174.5
Jul 2020197.5172.8
Jun 2020200.1171.4
May 2020200.9169.0
Apr 2020197.5168.1
Mar 2020196.4169.9
Feb 2020197.9168.4
Jan 2020202.0169.3
Dec 2019198.5169.2
Nov 2019196.7169.4
Oct 2019197.3170.0
Sep 2019197.2170.5
Aug 2019194.6170.4
Jul 2019192.5169.8
Jun 2019190.4167.9
May 2019188.9167.2
Apr 2019184.5167.0
Mar 2019183.7165.8
Feb 2019183.6166.3
Jan 2019184.3166.7
Dec 2018186.3167.7
Nov 2018184.3168.1
Oct 2018187.6168.8
Sep 2018184.4169.0
Aug 2018188.8169.3
Jul 2018185.6168.8
Jun 2018185.9166.7
May 2018183.7165.6
Apr 2018182.8164.9
Mar 2018183.2163.4
Feb 2018181.3164.4
Jan 2018181.0163.9
Dec 2017180.5164.5
Nov 2017180.5163.9
Oct 2017179.3164.3
Sep 2017177.3164.2
Aug 2017177.1164.8
Jul 2017176.6164.1
Jun 2017175.8162.0
May 2017172.2160.6
Apr 2017171.7159.6
Mar 2017167.7157.1
Feb 2017168.1157.5
Jan 2017168.8157.1
Dec 2016172.1157.3
Nov 2016172.4157.0
Oct 2016171.9156.3
Sep 2016170.1156.8
Aug 2016172.9157.1
Jul 2016172.4157.1
Jun 2016173.1155.4
May 2016168.2153.9
Apr 2016164.0152.2
Mar 2016162.9151.6
Feb 2016163.2150.1
Jan 2016166.0150.0
Dec 2015165.9149.6
Nov 2015168.2149.1
Oct 2015166.8148.0
Sep 2015166.4147.8
Aug 2015164.9147.5
Jul 2015164.0146.1
Jun 2015165.2143.7
May 2015163.6142.6
Apr 2015160.6141.1
Mar 2015157.5139.8
Feb 2015156.1139.3
Jan 2015158.8139.2
Dec 2014160.1139.9
Nov 2014159.7139.6
Oct 2014159.5140.1
Sep 2014159.5140.3
Aug 2014160.4140.1
Jul 2014162.0138.5
Jun 2014161.5136.6
May 2014158.3135.4
Apr 2014154.5134.0
Mar 2014152.1131.1
Feb 2014154.0130.6
Jan 2014155.5130.1
Dec 2013154.9129.9
Nov 2013153.8128.7
Oct 2013153.8128.0
Sep 2013152.6128.6
Aug 2013152.9128.5
Jul 2013151.3127.5
Jun 2013151.6126.0
May 2013150.0125.0
Apr 2013148.9124.4
Mar 2013146.5123.1
Feb 2013148.2122.4
Jan 2013150.4122.4
Dec 2012153.7123.3
Nov 2012152.6123.5
Oct 2012150.7123.4
Sep 2012149.8124.3
Aug 2012149.5124.8
Jul 2012152.5124.6
Jun 2012154.3124.1
May 2012156.7122.9
Apr 2012154.0122.5
Mar 2012151.6121.2
Feb 2012150.0120.8
Jan 2012152.1121.1
Dec 2011153.5122.0
Nov 2011158.3122.5
Oct 2011158.6122.4
Sep 2011160.6123.8
Aug 2011158.2124.1
Jul 2011154.8124.0
Jun 2011154.6122.5
May 2011151.7122.3
Apr 2011151.3122.8
Mar 2011152.9120.9
Feb 2011155.7121.5
Jan 2011160.7122.1
Dec 2010160.4123.2
Nov 2010161.1123.4
Oct 2010161.9124.9
Sep 2010162.3126.3
Aug 2010162.9126.6
Jul 2010160.1126.6
Jun 2010159.8125.3
May 2010160.8124.7
Apr 2010160.0124.1
Mar 2010162.0122.6
Feb 2010160.0122.6
Jan 2010162.8122.3
Dec 2009162.4122.7
Nov 2009162.6121.9
Oct 2009163.9121.5
Sep 2009159.5120.7
Aug 2009162.1119.7
Jul 2009160.5118.6
Jun 2009162.2116.5
May 2009161.5115.4
Apr 2009161.5113.8
Mar 2009160.3112.8
Feb 2009159.3113.5
Jan 2009156.4114.8
Dec 2008160.8117.5
Nov 2008159.8119.3
Oct 2008165.8122.8
Sep 2008166.7125.3
Aug 2008175.6128.6
Jul 2008179.0131.3
Jun 2008181.2132.7
May 2008174.4134.5
Apr 2008172.6133.7
Mar 2008169.7133.5
Feb 2008174.2134.5
Jan 2008172.9135.6
Dec 2007172.7138.1
Nov 2007170.8138.3
Oct 2007174.0138.4
Sep 2007174.8138.7
Aug 2007177.7138.6
Jul 2007173.8137.8
Jun 2007173.4136.0
May 2007168.3134.6
Apr 2007162.2133.0
Mar 2007155.2130.4
Feb 2007152.0129.4
Jan 2007154.7129.0
Dec 2006151.6129.1
Nov 2006151.8127.5
Oct 2006148.3126.8
Sep 2006148.9126.1
Aug 2006146.2125.6
Jul 2006145.1124.6
Jun 2006145.0122.8
May 2006141.8121.6
Apr 2006134.5120.5
Mar 2006135.4117.9
Feb 2006135.8117.0
Jan 2006138.4116.8
Dec 2005134.1117.0
Nov 2005132.2116.3
Oct 2005132.1116.0
Sep 2005133.3116.2
Aug 2005134.5116.4
Jul 2005133.9115.9
Jun 2005133.5114.4
May 2005129.1113.5
Apr 2005123.6112.3
Mar 2005112.8110.8
Feb 2005110.3109.9
Jan 2005108.9110.0
Dec 2004115.2110.0
Nov 2004112.4110.9
Oct 2004115.7111.0
Sep 2004114.2110.2
Aug 2004113.5110.4
Jul 2004108.9109.2
Jun 2004104.3106.9
May 2004100.3105.0
Apr 2004101.0103.8
Mar 2004100.299.3
Feb 2004102.999.0
Jan 2004100.0100.0

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
October 2004January 2005−5.8%33
August 2007March 2008−4.5%73
June 2008March 2013−19.2%5759
December 2020April 2021−4.0%42
December 2022March 2023−6.2%316

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 Falkirk

Next 12 months

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £175,847 and £191,511 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£183,679
Chance of a rise
94%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £174,164. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £804 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
13%
Payment, one income
25%

Buy or rent

Figures for Scotland: Falkirk 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
£1,011
Owning per month
£934

New homes

29.6% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
265
Per 1,000 residents
1.7

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Falkirk 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 grew by 332 while 273 homes were finished: 1.2 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.2
Population change, 2025
+332

Renovation

In 2026, 0% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2026
0%