The findings, part of the Daily Mail's MidBritain study, found that 36% of consumers believe the economy will improve over the next six months.
Fewer than one in four (24%) believe it will get worse, compared to 82% when they were surveyed by the MidBritain team last year.
Fears about the state of the stock market are also beginning to subside. Just over half of respondents (51%) rate the economy as "very bad", compared to 62% the year before.
The return of rising house prices in recent months has helped restore consumer confidence, the report claims.
The research said that, in January, 77% stated what was happening to house prices in Britain was either "bad" or "very bad". The figure has now fallen to 54%.
The Daily Mail defines MidBritons as "aspirational with a sense of purpose" and has recruited a representative sample of 5,000 of them across the country.
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