Dwellings with improvement indicators and subsequent sales
Published 31 January 2018
0.1 1. Summary of FOI request for the following information
- How many residential properties in England and Wales currently have improvement indicators against them?
- When these properties with improvement indicators sell, what percentage of them result in a Band increase and what percentage stay in the same Band?”
0.2 2. Response
- 1. As at 31 December 2017 there were 1,646,632 dwellings in England and Wales identified by an improvement indicator.
- 2. Our records show that 20% of properties with an improvement indicator were subject to a band increase, and 80% had no increase in band, across the 1993 Council Tax Valuation Lists for England and *1993 and 2005 Council Tax Valuation Lists for Wales.
* Please note the overall percentage figure includes cases from the 1993 List in Wales that had an improvement indicator and were actioned as part of the 2005 revaluation.