National statistics

UK House Price Index England: April 2019

Published 19 June 2019

Applies to England

1. Headline statistics for April 2019

the average price of a property in England was

£245,128

the annual price change of a property in England was

1.1%

the monthly price change of a property in England was

0.7%

the index figure for England (January 2015 = 100) was

120.8

Estimates for the most recent months are provisional and are likely to be updated as more data is incorporated into the index. Read the revision policies.

Next publication of UK HPI

The May 2019 UK HPI will be published at 9.30am on Wednesday 17 July 2019. See the calendar of release dates.

2. Economic statement

England house prices grew by 1.1% in the year to April 2019, down slightly from 1.3% in the year to March 2019. England house prices were growing slower than the UK annual rate of 1.4% in the year to April 2019. East Midlands was the fastest growing region with annual growth of 2.9%, down from 3.4% in the year to March 2019. The lowest annual growth was in London, where prices fell by 1.2% over the year to April 2019, up from a decrease of 2.5% in March 2019.

On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England increased by 0.7% between March 2019 and April 2019, compared with a rise of 0.8% during the same period a year earlier (March 2018 and April 2018). On a seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England decreased by 0.2% between March 2019 and April 2019.

The UK Property Transaction Statistics showed that on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, in the 3 months to April 2019 the number of transactions on residential properties with a value of £40,000 or greater in England was 228,450. This is up by 1.9% compared with the 3 months to April 2018.

Across England, all houses showed an increase in average price in April 2019 when compared with the same month in the previous year. Detached houses showed the biggest increase, rising by 2.5% in the year to April 2019 to £375,000. The average price of flats and maisonettes fell by 2.1% in the year to April 2019 to £220,000. Falling prices over the year in England flats and maisonettes was driven by negative growth in London for this property type. London accounts for around 30% of England flats and maisonette transactions.

As with other indicators in the housing market, which typically fluctuate from month to month, it is important not to put too much weight on one month’s set of house price data.

3. Price change

3.1 Annual price change

Annual price change for England and London over the past 5 years

A chart showing the annual price change for England and London over the past 5 years.

Average house prices in England have increased by 1.1% in the year to April 2019 (down from 1.3% in March 2019).

In London, average house prices fell by 1.2% in the year to April 2019, up from a decrease of 2.5% in March 2019.

Annual price change by local authority for England

Low numbers of sales transactions in some local authorities and London boroughs, such as City of London, can lead to volatility in the series. While we make efforts to account for this volatility, the change in price in these local levels can be influenced by the type and number of properties sold in any given period. Geographies with low number of sales transactions should be analysed in the context of their longer-term trends rather than focusing on monthly movements.

Local authorities April 2019 April 2018 Difference
Adur £307,816 £310,409 -0.8%
Allerdale £146,925 £150,412 -2.3%
Amber Valley £169,426 £168,008 0.8%
Arun £280,080 £281,426 -0.5%
Ashfield £143,814 £136,471 5.4%
Ashford £287,981 £294,466 -2.2%
Aylesbury Vale £323,779 £323,617 0.1%
Babergh £284,814 £285,859 -0.4%
Barking and Dagenham £299,029 £291,184 2.7%
Barnet £516,750 £541,502 -4.6%
Barnsley £120,384 £117,081 2.8%
Barrow-in-Furness £124,882 £119,117 4.8%
Basildon £303,775 £305,678 -0.6%
Basingstoke and Deane £309,768 £308,037 0.6%
Bassetlaw £158,107 £150,038 5.4%
Bath and North East Somerset £331,408 £341,353 -2.9%
Bedford £288,257 £287,244 0.4%
Bexley £333,317 £338,476 -1.5%
Birmingham £185,309 £179,317 3.3%
Blaby £227,058 £223,223 1.7%
Blackburn with Darwen £115,908 £110,727 4.7%
Blackpool £106,452 £104,781 1.6%
Bolsover £138,239 £125,276 10.3%
Bolton £133,500 £129,508 3.1%
Boston £157,779 £149,623 5.5%
Bournemouth £254,979 £248,290 2.7%
Bracknell Forest £329,844 £344,939 -4.4%
Bradford £133,176 £130,876 1.8%
Braintree £279,393 £281,199 -0.6%
Breckland £221,378 £225,141 -1.7%
Brent £474,540 £485,434 -2.2%
Brentwood £419,131 £426,751 -1.8%
Brighton and Hove £363,316 £352,698 3.0%
Broadland £259,900 £255,227 1.8%
Bromley £430,242 £440,859 -2.4%
Bromsgrove £290,428 £283,005 2.6%
Broxbourne £356,781 £350,932 1.7%
Broxtowe £182,063 £184,777 -1.5%
Buckinghamshire £400,042 £399,585 0.1%
Burnley £84,206 £79,173 6.4%
Bury £177,826 £164,196 8.3%
Calderdale £144,984 £139,375 4.0%
Cambridge £431,130 £440,511 -2.1%
Cambridgeshire £292,773 £291,498 0.4%
Camden £814,375 £866,438 -6.0%
Cannock Chase £167,615 £162,368 3.2%
Canterbury £301,735 £298,118 1.2%
Carlisle £138,239 £133,527 3.5%
Castle Point £311,359 £299,659 3.9%
Central Bedfordshire £307,025 £309,197 -0.7%
Charnwood £214,243 £215,841 -0.7%
Chelmsford £331,122 £330,762 0.1%
Cheltenham £277,896 £261,378 6.3%
Cherwell £288,389 £299,335 -3.7%
Cheshire East £222,299 £220,025 1.0%
Cheshire West and Chester £202,210 £200,268 1.0%
Chesterfield £156,845 £150,049 4.5%
Chichester £365,101 £381,762 -4.4%
Chiltern £557,427 £548,629 1.6%
Chorley £175,092 £171,890 1.9%
Christchurch £352,174 £342,113 2.9%
City of Bristol £275,489 £275,140 0.1%
City of Derby £162,267 £152,998 6.1%
City of Kingston upon Hull £111,610 £108,121 3.2%
City of London £699,794 £732,351 -4.4%
City of Nottingham £141,412 £136,300 3.8%
City of Peterborough £191,535 £187,081 2.4%
City of Plymouth £171,932 £172,490 -0.3%
City of Westminster £998,912 £1,003,535 -0.5%
Colchester £265,503 £264,278 0.5%
Copeland £126,632 £123,942 2.2%
Corby £186,898 £179,653 4.0%
Cornwall £230,734 £224,417 2.8%
Cotswold £384,438 £355,520 8.1%
County Durham £102,943 £99,696 3.3%
Coventry £187,474 £181,316 3.4%
Craven £208,084 £200,630 3.7%
Crawley £284,248 £284,248 0.0%
Croydon £369,986 £368,281 0.5%
Cumbria £156,796 £155,281 1.0%
Dacorum £400,387 £398,572 0.5%
Darlington £127,188 £129,654 -1.9%
Dartford £295,126 £295,081 0.0%
Daventry £273,885 £275,535 -0.6%
Derbyshire £178,393 £171,915 3.8%
Derbyshire Dales £283,321 £252,263 12.3%
Devon £258,442 £250,511 3.2%
Doncaster £128,236 £123,443 3.9%
Dorset £294,735 £294,885 -0.1%
Dover £235,617 £234,967 0.3%
Dudley £175,967 £169,346 3.9%
Ealing £459,796 £481,101 -4.4%
East Cambridgeshire £286,028 £276,763 3.3%
East Devon £285,995 £279,565 2.3%
East Dorset £346,855 £351,162 -1.2%
East Hampshire £364,550 £373,566 -2.4%
East Hertfordshire £393,987 £394,261 -0.1%
East Lindsey £177,896 £166,227 7.0%
East Northamptonshire £241,200 £230,906 4.5%
East Riding of Yorkshire £179,194 £173,308 3.4%
East Staffordshire £184,747 £180,212 2.5%
East Sussex £280,170 £274,186 2.2%
Eastbourne £238,425 £234,777 1.6%
Eastleigh £277,222 £278,034 -0.3%
Eden £196,050 £196,745 -0.4%
Elmbridge £561,393 £557,848 0.6%
Enfield £393,253 £396,942 -0.9%
Epping Forest £466,420 £457,863 1.9%
Epsom and Ewell £454,022 £460,937 -1.5%
Erewash £162,520 £158,229 2.7%
Essex £310,007 £309,242 0.2%
Exeter £257,449 £249,639 3.1%
Fareham £295,286 £287,386 2.7%
Fenland £184,876 £186,548 -0.9%
Folkestone and Hythe £249,672 £249,785 0.0%
Forest Heath £219,249 £198,385 10.5%
Forest of Dean £242,474 £225,054 7.7%
Fylde £186,802 £189,707 -1.5%
Gateshead £127,470 £129,066 -1.2%
Gedling £182,457 £179,530 1.6%
Gloucester £202,471 £200,736 0.9%
Gloucestershire £267,168 £254,246 5.1%
Gosport £212,740 £207,357 2.6%
Gravesham £283,160 £277,174 2.2%
Great Yarmouth £171,269 £163,769 4.6%
Greenwich £396,529 £383,039 3.5%
Guildford £447,211 £436,458 2.5%
Hackney £541,802 £529,850 2.3%
Halton £144,459 £133,574 8.1%
Hambleton £237,336 £226,572 4.8%
Hammersmith and Fulham £718,767 £710,090 1.2%
Hampshire £311,004 £314,571 -1.1%
Harborough £294,721 £274,373 7.4%
Haringey £511,543 £555,449 -7.9%
Harlow £273,272 £274,733 -0.5%
Harrogate £271,018 £287,109 -5.6%
Harrow £445,636 £465,391 -4.2%
Hart £408,674 £407,399 0.3%
Hartlepool £100,134 £102,139 -2.0%
Hastings £212,447 £210,627 0.9%
Havant £259,718 £262,875 -1.2%
Havering £357,770 £369,070 -3.1%
Herefordshire £232,856 £233,192 -0.1%
Hertfordshire £399,024 £400,661 -0.4%
Hertsmere £470,128 £463,788 1.4%
High Peak £199,753 £188,156 6.2%
Hillingdon £410,386 £408,618 0.4%
Hinckley and Bosworth £218,791 £216,469 1.1%
Horsham £361,658 £372,215 -2.8%
Hounslow £398,170 £387,621 2.7%
Huntingdonshire £264,053 £256,515 2.9%
Hyndburn £90,434 £92,224 -1.9%
Ipswich £194,601 £191,424 1.7%
Isle of Wight £219,860 £208,968 5.2%
Islington £613,718 £637,412 -3.7%
Kensington And Chelsea £1,288,685 £1,325,081 -2.7%
Kent £291,240 £290,478 0.3%
Kettering £202,420 £199,555 1.4%
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk £217,469 £208,132 4.5%
Kingston upon Thames £467,894 £493,941 -5.3%
Kirklees £148,934 £144,759 2.9%
Knowsley £126,926 £128,151 -1.0%
Lambeth £488,610 £516,207 -5.3%
Lancashire £141,842 £141,272 0.4%
Lancaster £149,234 £150,390 -0.8%
Leeds £179,898 £177,656 1.3%
Leicester £170,238 £165,742 2.7%
Leicestershire £227,045 £221,621 2.4%
Lewes £326,129 £324,649 0.5%
Lewisham £406,614 £409,634 -0.7%
Lichfield £250,933 £244,697 2.5%
Lincoln £155,024 £150,189 3.2%
Lincolnshire £185,050 £178,528 3.7%
Liverpool £133,569 £123,845 7.9%
Luton £235,737 £240,015 -1.8%
Maidstone £294,087 £296,467 -0.8%
Maldon £331,166 £331,702 -0.2%
Malvern Hills £256,132 £256,492 -0.1%
Manchester £177,079 £172,454 2.7%
Mansfield £134,357 £127,589 5.3%
Medway £243,322 £243,788 -0.2%
Melton £233,336 £218,102 7.0%
Mendip £257,399 £254,646 1.1%
Merton £502,107 £494,428 1.6%
Mid Devon £230,928 £230,443 0.2%
Mid Suffolk £267,122 £262,619 1.7%
Mid Sussex £369,034 £364,481 1.2%
Middlesbrough £108,633 £108,051 0.5%
Milton Keynes £257,064 £265,415 -3.1%
Mole Valley £476,361 £497,835 -4.3%
New Forest £328,254 £341,973 -4.0%
Newark and Sherwood £171,274 £180,196 -5.0%
Newcastle upon Tyne £156,940 £157,849 -0.6%
Newcastle-under-Lyme £154,028 £148,547 3.7%
Newham £364,292 £360,618 1.0%
Norfolk £227,711 £221,759 2.7%
North Devon £245,504 £221,095 11.0%
North Dorset £248,872 £262,533 -5.2%
North East Derbyshire £181,149 £180,283 0.5%
North East Lincolnshire £121,115 £114,571 5.7%
North Hertfordshire £335,171 £352,785 -5.0%
North Kesteven £208,181 £198,561 4.8%
North Lincolnshire £144,269 £140,391 2.8%
North Norfolk £253,902 £249,605 1.7%
North Somerset £263,165 £258,875 1.7%
North Tyneside £155,722 £159,142 -2.1%
North Warwickshire £211,079 £200,621 5.2%
North West Leicestershire £207,091 £197,791 4.7%
North Yorkshire £215,205 £216,478 -0.6%
Northampton £210,938 £209,487 0.7%
Northamptonshire £228,183 £226,094 0.9%
Northumberland £151,805 £155,295 -2.2%
Norwich £205,650 £200,246 2.7%
Nottinghamshire £174,879 £171,690 1.9%
Nuneaton and Bedworth £174,092 £170,291 2.2%
Oadby and Wigston £211,725 £210,281 0.7%
Oldham £131,988 £124,941 5.6%
Oxford £398,475 £399,943 -0.4%
Oxfordshire £346,072 £354,158 -2.3%
Pendle £97,265 £100,745 -3.5%
Poole £305,522 £306,953 -0.5%
Portsmouth £210,954 £211,118 -0.1%
Preston £129,524 £125,150 3.5%
Purbeck £331,535 £310,688 6.7%
Reading £295,510 £305,322 -3.2%
Redbridge £403,911 £412,072 -2.0%
Redcar and Cleveland £115,171 £116,832 -1.4%
Redditch £214,930 £199,782 7.6%
Reigate and Banstead £403,742 £400,947 0.7%
Ribble Valley £212,192 £220,500 -3.8%
Richmond upon Thames £650,897 £649,078 0.3%
Richmondshire £208,266 £207,107 0.6%
Rochdale £135,918 £129,593 4.9%
Rochford £353,447 £332,350 6.3%
Rossendale £129,164 £129,490 -0.3%
Rother £291,967 £284,480 2.6%
Rotherham £132,822 £131,988 0.6%
Rugby £232,012 £230,948 0.5%
Runnymede £415,240 £412,492 0.7%
Rushcliffe £276,370 £267,898 3.2%
Rushmoor £274,270 £289,963 -5.4%
Rutland £318,824 £308,622 3.3%
Ryedale £232,697 £227,665 2.2%
Salford £164,513 £160,650 2.4%
Sandwell £145,708 £143,732 1.4%
Scarborough £161,774 £163,318 -0.9%
Sedgemoor £229,541 £218,781 4.9%
Sefton £164,467 £156,226 5.3%
Selby £193,636 £193,840 -0.1%
Sevenoaks £434,804 £431,162 0.8%
Sheffield £167,549 £162,205 3.3%
Shropshire £210,194 £207,397 1.3%
Slough £289,073 £300,191 -3.7%
Solihull £283,995 £273,003 4.0%
Somerset £232,423 £229,843 1.1%
South Bucks £606,942 £592,540 2.4%
South Cambridgeshire £370,870 £377,359 -1.7%
South Derbyshire £190,243 £189,765 0.3%
South Gloucestershire £279,912 £269,886 3.7%
South Hams £303,066 £298,409 1.6%
South Holland £186,954 £183,392 1.9%
South Kesteven £214,369 £213,614 0.4%
South Lakeland £229,398 £229,948 -0.2%
South Norfolk £266,432 £252,990 5.3%
South Northamptonshire £320,460 £325,239 -1.5%
South Oxfordshire £402,965 £403,613 -0.2%
South Ribble £167,851 £168,223 -0.2%
South Somerset £223,280 £222,223 0.5%
South Staffordshire £219,778 £228,181 -3.7%
South Tyneside £132,911 £123,177 7.9%
Southampton £208,160 £207,426 0.4%
Southend-on-Sea £278,960 £276,910 0.7%
Southwark £475,052 £517,934 -8.3%
Spelthorne £364,182 £366,221 -0.6%
St Albans £500,832 £517,923 -3.3%
St Edmundsbury £290,385 £285,944 1.6%
St Helens £133,545 £126,677 5.4%
Stafford £205,208 £202,007 1.6%
Staffordshire £191,340 £186,592 2.5%
Staffordshire Moorlands £182,340 £168,675 8.1%
Stevenage £291,879 £283,626 2.9%
Stockport £225,240 £215,364 4.6%
Stockton-on-Tees £133,806 £133,583 0.2%
Stoke-on-Trent £112,751 £107,167 5.2%
Stratford-on-Avon £326,392 £309,912 5.3%
Stroud £273,248 £264,950 3.1%
Suffolk £241,920 £236,666 2.2%
Suffolk Coastal £282,568 £276,991 2.0%
Sunderland £116,346 £113,041 2.9%
Surrey £433,662 £438,437 -1.1%
Surrey Heath £379,155 £384,053 -1.3%
Sutton £370,200 £375,827 -1.5%
Swale £247,496 £248,426 -0.4%
Swindon £217,622 £215,354 1.1%
Tameside £146,831 £140,787 4.3%
Tamworth £183,139 £178,726 2.5%
Tandridge £425,931 £448,006 -4.9%
Taunton Deane £230,285 £229,830 0.2%
Teignbridge £244,329 £240,591 1.6%
Telford and Wrekin £170,358 £160,039 6.4%
Tendring £211,601 £217,724 -2.8%
Test Valley £323,203 £324,482 -0.4%
Tewkesbury £278,755 £262,159 6.3%
Thanet £230,198 £230,883 -0.3%
Three Rivers £528,795 £516,948 2.3%
Thurrock £262,787 £263,854 -0.4%
Tonbridge and Malling £375,684 £354,489 6.0%
Torbay £197,358 £200,244 -1.4%
Torridge £227,522 £224,034 1.6%
Tower Hamlets £447,895 £455,910 -1.8%
Trafford £285,582 £272,500 4.8%
Tunbridge Wells £386,049 £392,215 -1.6%
Uttlesford £394,896 £393,555 0.3%
Vale of White Horse £343,625 £351,656 -2.3%
Wakefield £150,638 £141,119 6.7%
Walsall £167,489 £160,278 4.5%
Waltham Forest £433,158 £430,972 0.5%
Wandsworth £569,833 £594,836 -4.2%
Warrington £188,731 £184,120 2.5%
Warwick £309,780 £305,241 1.5%
Warwickshire £252,844 £245,690 2.9%
Watford £346,345 £355,452 -2.6%
Waveney £188,846 £187,252 0.9%
Waverley £440,470 £453,220 -2.8%
Wealden £339,219 £326,224 4.0%
Wellingborough £208,359 £214,651 -2.9%
Welwyn Hatfield £393,519 £387,717 1.5%
West Berkshire £348,063 £345,455 0.8%
West Devon £257,724 £243,331 5.9%
West Dorset £291,318 £285,435 2.1%
West Lancashire £179,231 £177,739 0.8%
West Lindsey £171,634 £166,088 3.3%
West Oxfordshire £316,470 £332,236 -4.7%
West Somerset £222,855 £230,939 -3.5%
West Sussex £319,158 £321,012 -0.6%
Weymouth and Portland £222,914 £229,473 -2.9%
Wigan £133,745 £128,007 4.5%
Wiltshire £268,976 £273,863 -1.8%
Winchester £407,535 £422,781 -3.6%
Windsor and Maidenhead £465,925 £484,229 -3.8%
Wirral £158,142 £154,406 2.4%
Woking £404,536 £418,349 -3.3%
Wokingham £415,094 £414,155 0.2%
Wolverhampton £150,707 £146,189 3.1%
Worcester £205,505 £208,251 -1.3%
Worcestershire £238,595 £232,137 2.8%
Worthing £281,661 £274,474 2.6%
Wychavon £277,201 £273,042 1.5%
Wycombe £383,130 £390,229 -1.8%
Wyre £153,947 £150,522 2.3%
Wyre Forest £192,873 £178,207 8.2%
York £257,913 £243,798 5.8%
England £245,128 £242,396 1.1%

Average price by local authority for England

A heat map showing average price by local authority for England.

In April 2019, the most expensive area to live in was Kensington and Chelsea, where the cost of an average house was £1.3 million. In contrast, the cheapest area to purchase a property was Burnley, where an average house cost £84,000.

3.2 Annual price change by London borough

Annual price change by London borough

London borough April 2019 April 2018 Difference
Barking and Dagenham £299,029 £291,184 2.7%
Barnet £516,750 £541,502 -4.6%
Bexley £333,317 £338,476 -1.5%
Brent £474,540 £485,434 -2.2%
Bromley £430,242 £440,859 -2.4%
Camden £814,375 £866,438 -6.0%
City of London £699,794 £732,351 -4.4%
City of Westminster £998,912 £1,003,535 -0.5%
Croydon £369,986 £368,281 0.5%
Ealing £459,796 £481,101 -4.4%
Enfield £393,253 £396,942 -0.9%
Greenwich £396,529 £383,039 3.5%
Hackney £541,802 £529,850 2.3%
Hammersmith and Fulham £718,767 £710,090 1.2%
Haringey £511,543 £555,449 -7.9%
Harrow £445,636 £465,391 -4.2%
Havering £357,770 £369,070 -3.1%
Hillingdon £410,386 £408,618 0.4%
Hounslow £398,170 £387,621 2.7%
Islington £613,718 £637,412 -3.7%
Kensington And Chelsea £1,288,685 £1,325,081 -2.7%
Kingston upon Thames £467,894 £493,941 -5.3%
Lambeth £488,610 £516,207 -5.3%
Lewisham £406,614 £409,634 -0.7%
Merton £502,107 £494,428 1.6%
Newham £364,292 £360,618 1.0%
Redbridge £403,911 £412,072 -2.0%
Richmond upon Thames £650,897 £649,078 0.3%
Southwark £475,052 £517,934 -8.3%
Sutton £370,200 £375,827 -1.5%
Tower Hamlets £447,895 £455,910 -1.8%
Waltham Forest £433,158 £430,972 0.5%
Wandsworth £569,833 £594,836 -4.2%

Average price by London borough

A heat map showing average price by London borough.

In April 2019, the most expensive borough to live in was Kensington and Chelsea, where the cost of an average house was £1.3 million. In contrast, the cheapest borough to purchase a property was Barking and Dagenham, where an average house cost £299,000.

3.3 Average price change by property type

Average price change by property type for England

Property type April 2019 April 2018 Difference
Detached £374,995 £365,944 2.5%
Semi-detached £229,599 £225,756 1.7%
Terraced £199,363 £196,259 1.6%
Flat or maisonette £220,146 £224,796 -2.1%
All £245,128 £242,396 1.1%

4. Sales volumes

The amount of time between the sale of a property and the registration of this information varies. It typically ranges between 2 weeks and 2 months but can be longer. Volume figures for the most recent 2 months are not yet at a reliable level for reporting, so they are not included in the report. Published transactions for recent months will increase as later registered transactions are incorporated into the index.

Sales volume data is also available by property status (new build and existing property) and funding status (cash and mortgage) in our downloadable data tables. Transactions involving the creation of a new register, such as new builds, are more complex and require more time to process. Read Revisions to the UK HPI data for more information.

4.1 Sales volumes by local authority

Sales volumes for England by local authority

Local authorities February 2019 February 2018
Adur 78 71
Allerdale 104 99
Amber Valley 177 151
Arun 218 211
Ashfield 130 135
Ashford 131 134
Aylesbury Vale 191 212
Babergh 88 108
Barking and Dagenham 125 150
Barnet 213 273
Barnsley 270 270
Barrow-in-Furness 83 82
Basildon 163 226
Basingstoke and Deane 177 173
Bassetlaw 141 108
Bath and North East Somerset 164 233
Bedford 160 200
Bexley 199 228
Birmingham 913 1,095
Blaby 114 105
Blackburn with Darwen 108 136
Blackpool 133 155
Bolsover 115 75
Bolton 266 265
Boston 85 77
Bournemouth 214 250
Bracknell Forest 93 148
Bradford 534 501
Braintree 159 142
Breckland 155 160
Brent 105 121
Brentwood 89 76
Brighton and Hove 220 287
Broadland 162 137
Bromley 303 314
Bromsgrove 107 126
Broxbourne 78 100
Broxtowe 122 183
Buckinghamshire 461 521
Burnley 82 107
Bury 219 204
Calderdale 220 224
Cambridge 86 101
Cambridgeshire 666 691
Camden 103 152
Cannock Chase 102 106
Canterbury 131 185
Carlisle 138 137
Castle Point 97 111
Central Bedfordshire 322 390
Charnwood 190 199
Chelmsford 212 189
Cheltenham 122 167
Cherwell 129 165
Cheshire East 480 455
Cheshire West and Chester 392 414
Chesterfield 111 94
Chichester 111 136
Chiltern 82 70
Chorley 159 163
Christchurch 66 60
City of Bristol 424 518
City of Derby 224 269
City of Kingston upon Hull 216 234
City of London 9 27
City of Nottingham 260 303
City of Peterborough 191 232
City of Plymouth 280 294
City of Westminster 108 202
Colchester 196 264
Copeland 60 75
Corby 85 98
Cornwall 627 782
Cotswold 84 125
County Durham 486 534
Coventry 314 316
Craven 73 68
Crawley 104 81
Croydon 266 277
Cumbria 585 594
Dacorum 134 152
Darlington 110 115
Dartford 136 153
Daventry 88 108
Derbyshire 936 878
Derbyshire Dales 71 74
Devon 908 1,092
Doncaster 301 280
Dorset 462 513
Dover 138 140
Dudley 317 337
Ealing 160 199
East Cambridgeshire 91 92
East Devon 205 196
East Dorset 83 101
East Hampshire 144 128
East Hertfordshire 140 185
East Lindsey 192 172
East Northamptonshire 102 119
East Riding of Yorkshire 421 365
East Staffordshire 140 180
East Sussex 519 633
Eastbourne 103 114
Eastleigh 136 184
Eden 60 57
Elmbridge 110 147
Enfield 183 198
Epping Forest 103 145
Epsom and Ewell 56 81
Erewash 134 122
Essex 1,515 1,740
Exeter 108 147
Fareham 140 145
Fenland 117 122
Folkestone and Hythe 135 153
Forest Heath 92 88
Forest of Dean 68 96
Fylde 109 91
Gateshead 154 168
Gedling 152 144
Gloucester 130 182
Gloucestershire 641 852
Gosport 87 93
Gravesham 76 92
Great Yarmouth 85 100
Greenwich 191 234
Guildford 114 139
Hackney 125 142
Halton 111 155
Hambleton 96 88
Hammersmith and Fulham 96 190
Hampshire 1,352 1,541
Harborough 101 143
Haringey 118 122
Harlow 73 91
Harrogate 196 184
Harrow 144 148
Hart 91 122
Hartlepool 84 100
Hastings 95 116
Havant 108 118
Havering 206 249
Herefordshire 176 163
Hertfordshire 959 1,119
Hertsmere 68 100
High Peak 93 113
Hillingdon 162 236
Hinckley and Bosworth 134 132
Horsham 202 184
Hounslow 135 159
Huntingdonshire 213 222
Hyndburn 82 74
Ipswich 142 161
Isle of Wight 178 182
Islington 123 117
Kensington And Chelsea 82 89
Kent 1,583 1,829
Kettering 97 129
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 194 166
Kingston upon Thames 157 120
Kirklees 389 459
Knowsley 130 133
Lambeth 185 255
Lancashire 1,332 1,386
Lancaster 180 170
Leeds 916 921
Leicester 225 277
Leicestershire 796 857
Lewes 92 100
Lewisham 179 197
Lichfield 119 148
Lincoln 115 122
Lincolnshire 910 905
Liverpool 522 560
Luton 175 218
Maidstone 179 217
Maldon 80 72
Malvern Hills 67 93
Manchester 412 506
Mansfield 128 127
Medway 294 313
Melton 64 70
Mendip 112 137
Merton 136 130
Mid Devon 77 88
Mid Suffolk 134 140
Mid Sussex 140 161
Middlesbrough 134 116
Milton Keynes 221 351
Mole Valley 73 94
New Forest 186 202
Newark and Sherwood 134 160
Newcastle upon Tyne 228 246
Newcastle-under-Lyme 116 110
Newham 134 390
Norfolk 1,042 1,044
North Devon 103 128
North Dorset 55 68
North East Derbyshire 97 99
North East Lincolnshire 181 152
North Hertfordshire 113 112
North Kesteven 123 134
North Lincolnshire 158 176
North Norfolk 135 147
North Somerset 234 323
North Tyneside 218 229
North Warwickshire 71 69
North West Leicestershire 135 156
North Yorkshire 708 718
Northampton 224 277
Northamptonshire 776 944
Northumberland 315 362
Norwich 151 136
Nottinghamshire 922 1,008
Nuneaton and Bedworth 153 158
Oadby and Wigston 56 52
Oldham 193 234
Oxford 74 82
Oxfordshire 544 691
Pendle 101 96
Poole 156 222
Portsmouth 225 214
Preston 128 143
Purbeck 55 70
Reading 136 180
Redbridge 177 174
Redcar and Cleveland 147 130
Redditch 97 112
Reigate and Banstead 163 196
Ribble Valley 64 67
Richmond upon Thames 154 171
Richmondshire 53 40
Rochdale 204 210
Rochford 78 88
Rossendale 84 92
Rother 101 127
Rotherham 221 272
Rugby 144 143
Runnymede 66 56
Rushcliffe 111 151
Rushmoor 82 120
Rutland 57 68
Ryedale 43 61
Salford 278 306
Sandwell 257 249
Scarborough 148 141
Sedgemoor 132 164
Sefton 259 314
Selby 89 136
Sevenoaks 77 114
Sheffield 561 527
Shropshire 296 337
Slough 74 133
Solihull 214 261
Somerset 608 676
South Bucks 55 68
South Cambridgeshire 158 154
South Derbyshire 137 150
South Gloucestershire 260 306
South Hams 89 139
South Holland 109 138
South Kesteven 148 166
South Lakeland 140 144
South Norfolk 156 198
South Northamptonshire 94 113
South Oxfordshire 111 148
South Ribble 120 135
South Somerset 182 189
South Staffordshire 97 114
South Tyneside 120 130
Southampton 252 230
Southend-on-Sea 192 246
Southwark 148 223
Spelthorne 73 83
St Albans 130 136
St Edmundsbury 90 116
St Helens 196 196
Stafford 150 163
Staffordshire 900 963
Staffordshire Moorlands 94 67
Stevenage 82 65
Stockport 306 358
Stockton-on-Tees 188 195
Stoke-on-Trent 277 280
Stratford-on-Avon 135 164
Stroud 133 139
Suffolk 802 925
Suffolk Coastal 131 152
Sunderland 242 210
Surrey 1,011 1,235
Surrey Heath 88 93
Sutton 183 210
Swale 153 177
Swindon 221 290
Tameside 233 292
Tamworth 78 75
Tandridge 80 85
Taunton Deane 141 155
Teignbridge 176 212
Telford and Wrekin 147 180
Tendring 176 224
Test Valley 99 139
Tewkesbury 99 143
Thanet 155 181
Three Rivers 50 76
Thurrock 177 189
Tonbridge and Malling 125 151
Torbay 185 209
Torridge 88 108
Tower Hamlets 181 209
Trafford 251 316
Tunbridge Wells 120 132
Uttlesford 85 112
Vale of White Horse 133 184
Wakefield 374 398
Walsall 233 258
Waltham Forest 132 190
Wandsworth 264 290
Warrington 199 214
Warwick 135 170
Warwickshire 639 704
Watford 72 94
Waveney 121 160
Waverley 100 149
Wealden 128 176
Wellingborough 83 100
Welwyn Hatfield 88 99
West Berkshire 124 161
West Devon 53 74
West Dorset 132 123
West Lancashire 95 107
West Lindsey 131 96
West Oxfordshire 88 112
West Somerset 35 31
West Sussex 981 960
Weymouth and Portland 71 91
Wigan 396 376
Wiltshire 477 546
Winchester 95 117
Windsor and Maidenhead 137 144
Wirral 335 342
Woking 84 112
Wokingham 144 197
Wolverhampton 201 210
Worcester 100 141
Worcestershire 616 779
Worthing 122 116
Wychavon 129 181
Wycombe 132 171
Wyre 124 141
Wyre Forest 111 126
York 234 260
England 52,215 58,494

Note: The ‘Difference’ column has been removed from this table as the latest month’s data are not yet complete.

The estimate for February 2019 is calculated based on around 85% of the final registered transactions. The number of property transactions for February 2019 will increase as more transactions are incorporated into the index.

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for February 2018 with the provisional estimate for February 2019, volume transactions increased by 1.7% in England.

UK Property Transaction Statistics published by HM Revenue & Customs (which differ in coverage but are more complete for this period), report that on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, volume transactions fell by 0.7% in England in the year to February 2019.

4.2 Sales volumes by London borough

Sales volumes by London borough

London borough February 2019 February 2018
Barking and Dagenham 125 150
Barnet 213 273
Bexley 199 228
Brent 105 121
Bromley 303 314
Camden 103 152
City of London 9 27
City of Westminster 108 202
Croydon 266 277
Ealing 160 199
Enfield 183 198
Greenwich 191 234
Hackney 125 142
Hammersmith and Fulham 96 190
Haringey 118 122
Harrow 144 148
Havering 206 249
Hillingdon 162 236
Hounslow 135 159
Islington 123 117
Kensington And Chelsea 82 89
Kingston upon Thames 157 120
Lambeth 185 255
Lewisham 179 197
Merton 136 130
Newham 134 390
Redbridge 177 174
Richmond upon Thames 154 171
Southwark 148 223
Sutton 183 210
Tower Hamlets 181 209
Waltham Forest 132 190
Wandsworth 264 290

Note: The ‘Difference’ column has been removed from this table as the latest month’s data are not yet complete.

The estimate for February 2019 is calculated based on around 85% of the final registered transactions. The number of property transactions for February 2019 will increase as more transactions are incorporated into the index.

4.3 Sales volumes for England

Sales volumes for England over the past five years

Date Sales volumes for England
February 2015 57,669
February 2016 65,124
February 2017 60,662
February 2018 58,494
February 2019 52,215

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for February 2018 with the provisional estimate for February 2019, volume transactions increased by 1.7% in England.

UK Property Transaction Statistics published by HM Revenue & Customs (which differ in coverage but are more complete for this period) report that on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, volume transactions fell by 0.7% in England in the year to February 2019.

4.4 Sales volumes for London

Sales volumes for London over the past 5 years

Date Sales volumes for London
February 2015 7,937
February 2016 8,208
February 2017 7,108
February 2018 6,386
February 2019 5,231

5. Property status

Transactions involving the creation of a new register, such as new builds, are more complex and need more time to process. This means they can take longer to appear in the land registers. The volume of new build transactions for the most recent 2 months are not at a reliable level for reporting the breakdown between new build and existing resold property, so they are not included in the report.

New build and existing resold property for England by region

Region Average new build February 2019 Average existing February 2019 New build monthly change Existing monthly change New build annual change Existing annual change
London £488,699 £464,148 1.9% -1.3% -4.9% -1.8%
North East £185,486 £120,015 1.9% -1.5% -2.0% -1.2%
East Midlands £265,308 £185,462 3.4% -0.6% 1.2% 2.2%
East of England £371,831 £284,908 4.2% 0.3% 0.3% 1.0%
North West £224,272 £158,617 3.8% 0.2% 2.0% 3.1%
South East £384,582 £316,885 3.8% -0.8% -1.2% 0.1%
South West £307,512 £251,396 3.4% -0.3% 1.3% 1.8%
West Midlands £274,533 £193,301 4.1% 0.8% 2.4% 3.9%
Yorkshire and The Humber £207,165 £156,402 3.1% -0.8% 1.6% 2.5%
England £309,985 £240,302 3.4% -0.4% -0.2% 1.4%

Note: since the October 2017 release, amendments have been made to our estimation model when calculating our provisional estimate. Find out further information and the impact of this change in methods used to produce the UK HPI.

6. Buyer status

First time buyer and former owner occupier for England by region

Region Average first time buyer price April 2019 Average former owner occupier price April 2019 First time buyer monthly change Former owner occupier monthly change First time buyer annual change Former owner occupier annual change
London £410,705 £535,116 2.1% 2.8% -1.7% -0.5%
North East £112,175 £149,237 4.8% 5.2% 1.7% 2.3%
East Midlands £161,796 £218,013 0.8% 0.9% 2.6% 3.1%
East of England £240,088 £327,262 0.0% 0.6% -0.1% 1.3%
North West £136,450 £183,775 0.7% 0.5% 2.4% 2.8%
South East £254,443 £369,897 -0.3% 0.1% -1.4% -0.3%
South West £208,321 £286,050 -0.4% 0.2% 0.7% 1.7%
West Midlands £162,495 £224,924 -0.5% 0.1% 1.7% 2.6%
Yorkshire and The Humber £138,193 £181,931 0.1% 0.5% 2.2% 2.8%
England £205,022 £279,012 0.5% 0.8% 0.6% 1.6%

7. Funding status

Cash and mortgage indicator for England by region

Region Average cash price April 2019 Average mortgage price April 2019 Cash monthly change Mortgage monthly change Cash annual change Mortgage annual change
London £498,112 £463,653 3.8% 2.1% -0.9% -1.3%
North East £120,576 £136,758 5.7% 4.6% 2.2% 1.9%
East Midlands £186,474 £195,771 1.0% 0.8% 3.2% 2.7%
East of England £274,524 £296,721 0.6% 0.2% 0.6% 0.6%
North West £148,930 £168,818 0.5% 0.6% 2.1% 2.8%
South East £304,162 £326,006 -0.3% 0.0% -0.9% -0.8%
South West £249,927 £255,620 0.1% -0.2% 1.4% 1.1%
West Midlands £186,981 £199,436 -0.4% -0.2% 1.7% 2.3%
Yorkshire and The Humber £155,295 £164,612 0.5% 0.2% 2.4% 2.6%
England £230,510 £252,478 0.8% 0.6% 1.2% 1.1%

8. Repossession sales volumes

Due to a period of 2 weeks to 2 months between completion and registration of sales, volume figures for the most recent two months are not yet complete, so they are not included in the report.

Repossession sales volumes by government office region

Region Sales volume February 2019
East Midlands 47
East of England 15
London 42
North East 76
North West 130
South East 59
South West 53
West Midlands 39
Yorkshire and The Humber 83
England 544
A heat map showing repossessions in England.

9. Access the data

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Data revisions

View any revisions to previously published data in the data downloads or find out more about revisions in our guidance About the UK HPI.

10. About the UK House Price Index

The UK House Price Index (UK HPI) is calculated by the Office for National Statistics and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland. Find out about the methodology used to create the UK HPI.

Data for the UK House Price Index is provided by HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, The Land & Property Services/Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency and the Valuation Office Agency.

Find out more about the UK House Price Index.

11. Contact for England queries

Eileen Morrison, Data Services Team Leader, HM Land Registry

Email eileen.morrison@landregistry.gov.uk

Telephone 0300 006 5288