Hundreds of households are decking the halls, ready to spend their first Christmas in a new home with a festive address.
Yorkshire Building Society analysis of Land Registry data has found nearly 700 homebuyers have bought homes with a popular festive word in the building or street name in 2025.
In the merriest of moves, 12 properties with Christmas in the address changed hands this year, including five named Christmas Cottage, while Elf Hall in Millom, Cumberland, has also welcomed new owners. Five families have moved into a new home named Mistletoe Cottage.
New arrivals are hanging stockings in Reindeer Gate in Spalding, Lincolnshire, Rudolph Road in Bushey, Hertfordshire, Stocking Lane in Northampton and Carol Crescent in Derby.
Holly remains an evergreen favourite – by far the most popular festive word found in an address. More than 600 people have bought a home with Holly in the building or street name in 2025.
The housing market this year has been far from frosty, according to government data. More than a million UK residential properties were sold between January and October 2025, up from just under 900,000 in the same period in 2024 - an increase of 10%.
Yorkshire Building Society is predicting this housing market resilience will continue into 2026.
Max Shepherd, group economist at Yorkshire Building Society, said:
“Despite higher interest rates, the housing market has been strong this year, with prices and activity up compared to 2024. Stamp duty changes in April brought short-term volatility, with a spike in transactions in March, then a slowdown after.
“Falling mortgage rates and real wage gains have helped keep annual house price growth positive for the year at 2-3%.
“New buyer demand is up by 2% compared to 2024, while the number of new sellers coming to market is up by 5%. This has put buyers in a stronger position and many have been keen to take advantage of this imbalance and negotiate down on price.
“We expect similar levels of activity in 2026. Real wage growth, and similar or slightly lower mortgage rates, should keep the market going, though the higher end may feel a chill from the new ‘mansion tax’.”
