National statistics

UK House Price Index England: August 2020

Published 21 October 2020

Applies to England

1. Headline statistics for August 2020

The average price of a property in England was £256,109

The annual price change of a property in England was 2.8%

The monthly price change of a property in England was 0.7%

The index figure for England (January 2015 = 100) was 126.3

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 September 2020 UK HPI will be published at 9.30am on Wednesday 18 November 2020. See the calendar of release dates for more information).

2. Economic statement

England house prices grew by 2.8% in the year to August 2020, up from 2.4% in July 2020. England house prices were growing faster than the UK rate of 2.5% in the year to August 2020. The East Midlands was the fastest growing region with annual growth of 3.6% in the year to August 2020. The lowest annual growth was in the North East, where prices increased by 0.2% over the year to August 2020.

On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England increased by 0.7% between July 2020 and August 2020, compared with a rise of 0.3% during the same period a year earlier (July 2019 and August 2019). On a seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England increased by 0.6% between July 2020 and August 2020.

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for June 2019 with the provisional estimate for June 2020, volume transactions decreased by 34.7% in England. UK volume transactions decreased by 40.4% over the same period.

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 decreased by 29.3% in England in the year to June 2020.

Across England, semi-detached houses showed the biggest increase out of all property types, growing by 4.3% in the year to August 2020 to £244,000. The lowest annual change was in flats and maisonettes which decreased by 0.2% in the year to August 2020 to £224,000.

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

Average house prices in England increased by 2.8% in the year to August 2020, up from 2.4% in July 2020.

In London, average house prices increased by 3.5% in the year to August 2020, up from an increase of 1.4% in June 2020.

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 August 2020 August 2019 Difference
Adur £320,425 £319,379 0.3%
Allerdale £157,463 £158,036 -0.4%
Amber Valley £186,029 £177,344 4.9%
Arun £280,228 £280,881 -0.2%
Ashfield £149,365 £144,665 3.2%
Ashford £299,999 £297,974 0.7%
Aylesbury Vale £328,925 £321,037 2.5%
Babergh £278,691 £290,623 -4.1%
Barking and Dagenham £302,395 £299,448 1.0%
Barnet £522,846 £528,555 -1.1%
Barnsley £130,413 £123,393 5.7%
Barrow-in-Furness £128,842 £122,976 4.8%
Basildon £317,812 £307,769 3.3%
Basingstoke and Deane £299,067 £295,940 1.1%
Bassetlaw £168,106 £155,325 8.2%
Bath and North East Somerset £352,986 £337,464 4.6%
Bedford £284,142 £283,688 0.2%
Bexley £350,938 £337,746 3.9%
Birmingham £189,988 £188,660 0.7%
Blaby £246,638 £232,351 6.1%
Blackburn with Darwen £119,494 £115,937 3.1%
Blackpool £108,287 £107,728 0.5%
Bolsover £133,306 £129,474 3.0%
Bolton £143,457 £138,974 3.2%
Boston £165,645 £157,926 4.9%
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole £292,811 £281,206 4.1%
Bracknell Forest £336,067 £326,606 2.9%
Bradford £144,791 £139,342 3.9%
Braintree £287,798 £280,591 2.6%
Breckland £233,210 £226,076 3.2%
Brent £487,949 £486,570 0.3%
Brentwood £435,600 £424,523 2.6%
Brighton and Hove £379,045 £364,476 4.0%
Broadland £276,955 £261,907 5.7%
Bromley £435,535 £440,964 -1.2%
Bromsgrove £299,282 £295,414 1.3%
Broxbourne £350,085 £358,157 -2.3%
Broxtowe £197,109 £190,391 3.5%
Buckinghamshire £405,023 £401,255 0.9%
Burnley £91,414 £85,689 6.7%
Bury £191,180 £179,756 6.4%
Calderdale £151,925 £148,631 2.2%
Cambridge £452,725 £434,499 4.2%
Cambridgeshire £296,894 £294,580 0.8%
Camden £812,080 £877,372 -7.4%
Cannock Chase £180,746 £167,971 7.6%
Canterbury £304,412 £295,899 2.9%
Carlisle £138,896 £133,823 3.8%
Castle Point £315,254 £304,513 3.5%
Central Bedfordshire £308,554 £303,040 1.8%
Charnwood £231,917 £223,083 4.0%
Chelmsford £342,242 £338,001 1.3%
Cheltenham £280,199 £273,769 2.3%
Cherwell £287,737 £283,613 1.5%
Cheshire East £235,580 £228,397 3.1%
Cheshire West and Chester £214,089 £207,033 3.4%
Chesterfield £162,667 £158,987 2.3%
Chichester £392,204 £378,925 3.5%
Chiltern £557,881 £545,423 2.3%
Chorley £186,165 £184,294 1.0%
City of Bristol £298,531 £281,223 6.2%
City of Derby £167,563 £162,071 3.4%
City of Kingston upon Hull £113,567 £116,138 -2.2%
City of London £814,665 £812,854 0.2%
City of Nottingham £156,694 £142,956 9.6%
City of Peterborough £195,963 £194,441 0.8%
City of Plymouth £183,833 £176,186 4.3%
City of Westminster £963,725 £900,682 7.0%
Colchester £260,359 £266,581 -2.3%
Copeland £128,043 £122,710 4.3%
Corby £190,146 £189,078 0.6%
Cornwall £241,851 £234,891 3.0%
Cotswold £412,446 £398,019 3.6%
County Durham £104,559 £103,895 0.6%
Coventry £194,014 £188,804 2.8%
Craven £231,969 £218,760 6.0%
Crawley £286,639 £280,314 2.3%
Croydon £376,180 £365,435 2.9%
Cumbria £164,180 £159,101 3.2%
Dacorum £411,303 £397,914 3.4%
Darlington £130,398 £133,847 -2.6%
Dartford £316,644 £296,383 6.8%
Daventry £273,969 £267,188 2.5%
Derbyshire £187,495 £178,867 4.8%
Derbyshire Dales £287,669 £257,181 11.9%
Devon £268,183 £260,555 2.9%
Doncaster £134,314 £128,874 4.2%
Dorset £290,595 £284,522 2.1%
Dover £249,830 £245,828 1.6%
Dudley £188,831 £181,776 3.9%
Ealing £487,322 £473,586 2.9%
East Cambridgeshire £292,408 £287,803 1.6%
East Devon £288,679 £290,168 -0.5%
East Hampshire £394,314 £367,880 7.2%
East Hertfordshire £400,204 £384,509 4.1%
East Lindsey £180,517 £179,217 0.7%
East Northamptonshire £248,359 £237,431 4.6%
East Riding of Yorkshire £184,452 £181,511 1.6%
East Staffordshire £185,820 £181,009 2.7%
East Suffolk £250,166 £242,926 3.0%
East Sussex £284,251 £283,473 0.3%
Eastbourne £240,866 £249,256 -3.4%
Eastleigh £292,068 £278,014 5.1%
Eden £215,579 £208,472 3.4%
Elmbridge £607,255 £583,472 4.1%
Enfield £395,854 £392,694 0.8%
Epping Forest £466,326 £454,135 2.7%
Epsom and Ewell £466,552 £454,200 2.7%
Erewash £171,023 £163,970 4.3%
Essex £316,691 £311,390 1.7%
Exeter £254,078 £257,819 -1.5%
Fareham £304,503 £291,498 4.5%
Fenland £193,464 £185,943 4.0%
Folkestone and Hythe £259,944 £253,992 2.3%
Forest of Dean £247,432 £243,020 1.8%
Fylde £206,271 £193,326 6.7%
Gateshead £131,789 £133,153 -1.0%
Gedling £199,344 £187,886 6.1%
Gloucester £209,676 £207,017 1.3%
Gloucestershire £276,206 £270,361 2.2%
Gosport £214,580 £211,635 1.4%
Gravesham £274,511 £276,149 -0.6%
Great Yarmouth £173,695 £172,061 0.9%
Greenwich £394,809 £396,576 -0.4%
Guildford £445,995 £447,345 -0.3%
Hackney £564,159 £568,466 -0.8%
Halton £152,745 £144,797 5.5%
Hambleton £239,199 £232,600 2.8%
Hammersmith and Fulham £731,718 £727,956 0.5%
Hampshire £321,169 £311,427 3.1%
Harborough £313,423 £294,408 6.5%
Haringey £572,535 £545,310 5.0%
Harlow £271,066 £273,597 -0.9%
Harrogate £291,168 £285,898 1.8%
Harrow £460,179 £449,408 2.4%
Hart £417,239 £406,775 2.6%
Hartlepool £104,536 £108,266 -3.4%
Hastings £213,721 £217,415 -1.7%
Havant £276,446 £268,356 3.0%
Havering £371,104 £367,427 1.0%
Herefordshire £247,163 £238,242 3.7%
Hertfordshire £402,807 £395,210 1.9%
Hertsmere £470,219 £467,660 0.5%
High Peak £210,668 £195,261 7.9%
Hillingdon £413,445 £397,348 4.1%
Hinckley and Bosworth £227,714 £221,532 2.8%
Horsham £376,944 £370,030 1.9%
Hounslow £407,440 £404,409 0.7%
Huntingdonshire £256,242 £261,309 -1.9%
Hyndburn £96,028 £98,818 -2.8%
Ipswich £199,011 £196,418 1.3%
Isle of Wight £227,417 £220,100 3.3%
Islington £736,991 £642,986 14.6%
Kensington and Chelsea £1,368,318 £1,244,923 9.9%
Kent £299,985 £293,695 2.1%
Kettering £206,215 £201,960 2.1%
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk £218,378 £220,633 -1.0%
Kingston upon Thames £496,801 £506,260 -1.9%
Kirklees £156,031 £153,652 1.5%
Knowsley £135,487 £133,000 1.9%
Lambeth £546,470 £520,054 5.1%
Lancashire £152,287 £146,631 3.9%
Lancaster £164,233 £156,291 5.1%
Leeds £197,026 £187,011 5.4%
Leicester £187,604 £177,161 5.9%
Leicestershire £241,749 £231,219 4.6%
Lewes £332,433 £323,838 2.7%
Lewisham £417,152 £416,485 0.2%
Lichfield £259,095 £244,736 5.9%
Lincoln £158,479 £156,372 1.3%
Lincolnshire £190,034 £186,403 1.9%
Liverpool £142,733 £137,087 4.1%
Luton £229,928 £231,707 -0.8%
Maidstone £292,493 £290,660 0.6%
Maldon £343,966 £335,369 2.6%
Malvern Hills £267,495 £271,593 -1.5%
Manchester £188,922 £181,975 3.8%
Mansfield £143,251 £138,683 3.3%
Medway £243,337 £242,231 0.5%
Melton £229,414 £227,880 0.7%
Mendip £264,143 £260,695 1.3%
Merton £524,429 £516,274 1.6%
Mid Devon £247,951 £234,007 6.0%
Mid Suffolk £267,362 £265,094 0.9%
Mid Sussex £376,950 £368,072 2.4%
Middlesbrough £111,404 £114,859 -3.0%
Milton Keynes £266,569 £259,619 2.7%
Mole Valley £480,161 £478,467 0.4%
New Forest £342,016 £334,969 2.1%
Newark and Sherwood £188,768 £184,453 2.3%
Newcastle upon Tyne £167,079 £163,609 2.1%
Newcastle-under-Lyme £159,337 £160,603 -0.8%
Newham £373,196 £362,277 3.0%
Norfolk £233,533 £227,056 2.9%
North Devon £268,398 £246,896 8.7%
North East Derbyshire £197,402 £187,529 5.3%
North East Lincolnshire £128,860 £124,466 3.5%
North Hertfordshire £350,809 £335,224 4.6%
North Kesteven £217,486 £207,516 4.8%
North Lincolnshire £151,074 £147,716 2.3%
North Norfolk £256,622 £253,674 1.2%
North Somerset £270,993 £266,431 1.7%
North Tyneside £168,007 £161,920 3.8%
North Warwickshire £222,241 £205,449 8.2%
North West Leicestershire £218,681 £208,736 4.8%
North Yorkshire £230,366 £222,343 3.6%
Northampton £212,449 £212,717 -0.1%
Northamptonshire £231,868 £227,421 2.0%
Northumberland £160,682 £156,802 2.5%
Norwich £209,023 £202,541 3.2%
Nottinghamshire £187,005 £179,481 4.2%
Nuneaton and Bedworth £181,106 £176,257 2.8%
Oadby and Wigston £240,101 £221,640 8.3%
Oldham £143,852 £137,543 4.6%
Oxford £427,741 £407,528 5.0%
Oxfordshire £364,809 £353,126 3.3%
Pendle £105,639 £100,750 4.9%
Portsmouth £216,347 £210,949 2.6%
Preston £131,825 £131,156 0.5%
Reading £284,946 £295,263 -3.5%
Redbridge £426,675 £419,671 1.7%
Redcar and Cleveland £127,448 £119,702 6.5%
Redditch £219,072 £209,757 4.4%
Reigate and Banstead £414,410 £409,401 1.2%
Ribble Valley £220,042 £216,428 1.7%
Richmond upon Thames £713,067 £656,014 8.7%
Richmondshire £222,114 £213,456 4.1%
Rochdale £148,977 £144,017 3.4%
Rochford £353,925 £348,434 1.6%
Rossendale £149,392 £139,230 7.3%
Rother £296,415 £296,769 -0.1%
Rotherham £141,855 £142,819 -0.7%
Rugby £245,237 £230,526 6.4%
Runnymede £416,532 £410,564 1.5%
Rushcliffe £288,032 £279,627 3.0%
Rushmoor £283,806 £284,388 -0.2%
Rutland £324,859 £309,154 5.1%
Ryedale £237,511 £236,588 0.4%
Salford £167,389 £168,607 -0.7%
Sandwell £157,090 £151,230 3.9%
Scarborough £172,494 £165,450 4.3%
Sedgemoor £228,571 £225,636 1.3%
Sefton £168,168 £168,707 -0.3%
Selby £214,879 £203,266 5.7%
Sevenoaks £459,448 £425,967 7.9%
Sheffield £169,464 £165,468 2.4%
Shropshire £220,951 £212,442 4.0%
Slough £301,478 £306,113 -1.5%
Solihull £286,947 £282,693 1.5%
Somerset £241,173 £237,452 1.6%
Somerset West and Taunton £238,011 £234,586 1.5%
South Bucks £584,937 £583,895 0.2%
South Cambridgeshire £380,674 £381,150 -0.1%
South Derbyshire £200,251 £195,902 2.2%
South Gloucestershire £289,517 £278,893 3.8%
South Hams £313,980 £294,746 6.5%
South Holland £189,976 £189,722 0.1%
South Kesteven £219,427 £221,440 -0.9%
South Lakeland £246,800 £238,899 3.3%
South Norfolk £269,353 £254,252 5.9%
South Northamptonshire £314,865 £311,297 1.1%
South Oxfordshire £446,483 £417,518 6.9%
South Ribble £178,639 £169,034 5.7%
South Somerset £239,406 £234,556 2.1%
South Staffordshire £241,272 £233,380 3.4%
South Tyneside £129,012 £133,514 -3.4%
Southampton £209,987 £207,395 1.2%
Southend-on-Sea £290,408 £286,232 1.5%
Southwark £503,092 £495,663 1.5%
Spelthorne £368,937 £367,448 0.4%
St Albans £522,211 £504,948 3.4%
St Helens £141,040 £132,859 6.2%
Stafford £216,672 £206,799 4.8%
Staffordshire £201,295 £193,498 4.0%
Staffordshire Moorlands £193,444 £188,390 2.7%
Stevenage £276,387 £280,447 -1.4%
Stockport £240,768 £228,554 5.3%
Stockton-on-Tees £138,506 £136,093 1.8%
Stoke-on-Trent £116,566 £110,863 5.1%
Stratford-on-Avon £328,085 £314,156 4.4%
Stroud £286,839 £284,851 0.7%
Suffolk £247,796 £245,435 1.0%
Sunderland £113,739 £114,731 -0.9%
Surrey £449,333 £442,211 1.6%
Surrey Heath £381,521 £396,389 -3.8%
Sutton £383,367 £367,924 4.2%
Swale £255,779 £248,988 2.7%
Swindon £215,979 £212,560 1.6%
Tameside £163,560 £152,096 7.5%
Tamworth £198,232 £185,649 6.8%
Tandridge £453,513 £449,905 0.8%
Teignbridge £261,676 £250,187 4.6%
Telford and Wrekin £172,685 £166,088 4.0%
Tendring £223,354 £218,409 2.3%
Test Valley £334,064 £321,556 3.9%
Tewkesbury £284,762 £274,762 3.6%
Thanet £243,792 £242,032 0.7%
Three Rivers £509,616 £505,267 0.9%
Thurrock £272,849 £266,665 2.3%
Tonbridge and Malling £371,176 £372,761 -0.4%
Torbay £202,948 £197,844 2.6%
Torridge £246,356 £235,004 4.8%
Tower Hamlets £461,692 £443,082 4.2%
Trafford £306,330 £291,682 5.0%
Tunbridge Wells £391,859 £390,376 0.4%
Uttlesford £403,643 £385,508 4.7%
Vale of White Horse £354,275 £364,612 -2.8%
Wakefield £157,036 £151,591 3.6%
Walsall £177,902 £164,921 7.9%
Waltham Forest £451,537 £426,062 6.0%
Wandsworth £616,711 £589,815 4.6%
Warrington £202,476 £195,885 3.4%
Warwick £305,687 £314,902 -2.9%
Warwickshire £258,635 £251,375 2.9%
Watford £358,200 £348,143 2.9%
Waverley £474,038 £452,932 4.7%
Wealden £344,117 £335,031 2.7%
Wellingborough £228,338 £212,972 7.2%
Welwyn Hatfield £384,984 £389,343 -1.1%
West Berkshire £342,483 £352,356 -2.8%
West Devon £244,813 £254,145 -3.7%
West Lancashire £197,192 £188,679 4.5%
West Lindsey £176,441 £168,014 5.0%
West Oxfordshire £343,119 £318,006 7.9%
West Suffolk £261,091 £259,812 0.5%
West Sussex £324,466 £321,608 0.9%
Wigan £142,806 £136,144 4.9%
Wiltshire £279,809 £273,732 2.2%
Winchester £425,068 £411,324 3.3%
Windsor and Maidenhead £462,085 £470,898 -1.9%
Wirral £159,424 £161,931 -1.5%
Woking £433,562 £414,323 4.6%
Wokingham £427,135 £405,264 5.4%
Wolverhampton £161,216 £155,197 3.9%
Worcester £216,462 £210,816 2.7%
Worcestershire £246,098 £240,863 2.2%
Worthing £268,981 £277,417 -3.0%
Wychavon £275,015 £273,673 0.5%
Wycombe £394,590 £401,445 -1.7%
Wyre £158,185 £151,291 4.6%
Wyre Forest £205,689 £193,585 6.3%
York £258,029 £257,119 0.4%
England £256,109 £249,221 2.8%

Average price by local authority for England

In August 2020, the most expensive area to purchase a property was Kensington and Chelsea, where the average cost was £1.4 million. In contrast, the cheapest area to purchase a property was Burnley, where the average cost was £91,000.

3.2 Annual price change by London borough

Annual price change by London borough

London borough August 2020 August 2019 Difference
Barking and Dagenham £302,395 £299,448 1.0%
Barnet £522,846 £528,555 -1.1%
Bexley £350,938 £337,746 3.9%
Brent £487,949 £486,570 0.3%
Bromley £435,535 £440,964 -1.2%
Camden £812,080 £877,372 -7.4%
City of London £814,665 £812,854 0.2%
City of Westminster £963,725 £900,682 7.0%
Croydon £376,180 £365,435 2.9%
Ealing £487,322 £473,586 2.9%
Enfield £395,854 £392,694 0.8%
Greenwich £394,809 £396,576 -0.4%
Hackney £564,159 £568,466 -0.8%
Hammersmith and Fulham £731,718 £727,956 0.5%
Haringey £572,535 £545,310 5.0%
Harrow £460,179 £449,408 2.4%
Havering £371,104 £367,427 1.0%
Hillingdon £413,445 £397,348 4.1%
Hounslow £407,440 £404,409 0.7%
Islington £736,991 £642,986 14.6%
Kensington and Chelsea £1,368,318 £1,244,923 9.9%
Kingston upon Thames £496,801 £506,260 -1.9%
Lambeth £546,470 £520,054 5.1%
Lewisham £417,152 £416,485 0.2%
Merton £524,429 £516,274 1.6%
Newham £373,196 £362,277 3.0%
Redbridge £426,675 £419,671 1.7%
Richmond upon Thames £713,067 £656,014 8.7%
Southwark £503,092 £495,663 1.5%
Sutton £383,367 £367,924 4.2%
Tower Hamlets £461,692 £443,082 4.2%
Waltham Forest £451,537 £426,062 6.0%
Wandsworth £616,711 £589,815 4.6%

Average price by London borough

In August 2020, the most expensive borough to purchase a property was Kensington and Chelsea, where the average cost was £1.4 million. In contrast, the cheapest borough to purchase a property was Barking and Dagenham, where the average cost was £302,000.

3.3 Average price change by property type

Average price change by property type for England

Property type August 2020 August 2019 Difference
Detached £391,480 £378,777 3.4%
Semi-detached £243,887 £233,762 4.3%
Terraced £208,302 £203,207 2.5%
Flat or maisonette £223,900 £224,332 -0.2%
All £256,109 £249,221 2.8%

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 June 2020 June 2019
Adur 53 68
Allerdale 72 132
Amber Valley 126 213
Arun 155 282
Ashfield 123 160
Ashford 111 145
Aylesbury Vale 154 344
Babergh 76 122
Barking and Dagenham 91 125
Barnet 154 392
Barnsley 202 371
Barrow-in-Furness 68 82
Basildon 168 213
Basingstoke and Deane 128 348
Bassetlaw 126 171
Bath and North East Somerset 140 243
Bedford 133 304
Bexley 171 242
Birmingham 597 1,075
Blaby 89 142
Blackburn with Darwen 86 203
Blackpool 93 178
Bolsover 70 119
Bolton 203 288
Boston 42 72
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole 335 568
Bracknell Forest 71 221
Bradford 345 656
Braintree 120 230
Breckland 92 185
Brent 63 107
Brentwood 56 109
Brighton and Hove 165 271
Broadland 91 200
Bromley 237 350
Bromsgrove 78 170
Broxbourne 60 91
Broxtowe 95 132
Buckinghamshire 359 680
Burnley 65 144
Bury 115 215
Calderdale 159 268
Cambridge 71 125
Cambridgeshire 485 834
Camden 72 154
Cannock Chase 99 150
Canterbury 125 195
Carlisle 117 153
Castle Point 83 113
Central Bedfordshire 266 519
Charnwood 170 250
Chelmsford 165 224
Cheltenham 113 160
Cherwell 92 253
Cheshire East 376 696
Cheshire West and Chester 286 544
Chesterfield 75 128
Chichester 79 156
Chiltern 50 105
Chorley 101 196
City of Bristol 313 502
City of Derby 182 295
City of Kingston upon Hull 184 273
City of London 3 15
City of Nottingham 182 327
City of Peterborough 142 329
City of Plymouth 221 400
City of Westminster 74 173
Colchester 166 276
Copeland 53 82
Corby 61 122
Cornwall 495 865
Cotswold 77 128
County Durham 441 743
Coventry 209 346
Craven 58 80
Crawley 72 142
Croydon 188 334
Cumbria 460 688
Dacorum 126 153
Darlington 82 149
Dartford 82 177
Daventry 72 152
Derbyshire 732 1,285
Derbyshire Dales 55 123
Devon 614 1,250
Doncaster 244 386
Dorset 340 533
Dover 91 153
Dudley 211 335
Ealing 123 215
East Cambridgeshire 67 94
East Devon 101 299
East Hampshire 77 194
East Hertfordshire 121 215
East Lindsey 110 213
East Northamptonshire 89 187
East Riding of Yorkshire 295 566
East Staffordshire 86 225
East Suffolk 212 306
East Sussex 457 687
Eastbourne 85 123
Eastleigh 109 214
Eden 41 89
Elmbridge 107 171
Enfield 145 217
Epping Forest 96 150
Epsom and Ewell 70 81
Erewash 142 169
Essex 1,264 1,961
Exeter 74 152
Fareham 100 149
Fenland 74 142
Folkestone and Hythe 83 160
Forest of Dean 59 108
Fylde 57 161
Gateshead 133 220
Gedling 111 222
Gloucester 138 189
Gloucestershire 552 928
Gosport 66 116
Gravesham 51 78
Great Yarmouth 80 145
Greenwich 103 218
Guildford 101 151
Hackney 83 113
Halton 97 143
Hambleton 91 150
Hammersmith and Fulham 68 131
Hampshire 1,042 2,002
Harborough 116 134
Haringey 86 152
Harlow 68 128
Harrogate 120 274
Harrow 91 204
Hart 69 117
Hartlepool 83 135
Hastings 69 115
Havant 81 146
Havering 189 254
Herefordshire 119 214
Hertfordshire 835 1,223
Hertsmere 62 116
High Peak 76 119
Hillingdon 114 299
Hinckley and Bosworth 115 152
Horsham 116 218
Hounslow 83 147
Huntingdonshire 163 245
Hyndburn 65 110
Ipswich 108 154
Isle of Wight 143 198
Islington 61 172
Kensington and Chelsea 58 115
Kent 1,191 1,875
Kettering 92 157
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 115 181
Kingston upon Thames 83 161
Kirklees 324 541
Knowsley 101 217
Lambeth 136 309
Lancashire 945 1,834
Lancaster 102 167
Leeds 648 1,012
Leicester 129 214
Leicestershire 667 979
Lewes 55 125
Lewisham 144 240
Lichfield 85 167
Lincoln 77 142
Lincolnshire 581 1,113
Liverpool 310 513
Luton 109 222
Maidstone 115 205
Maldon 52 70
Malvern Hills 52 120
Manchester 274 465
Mansfield 95 179
Medway 226 271
Melton 38 48
Mendip 85 161
Merton 118 164
Mid Devon 61 118
Mid Suffolk 67 152
Mid Sussex 119 234
Middlesbrough 85 191
Milton Keynes 186 409
Mole Valley 57 92
New Forest 146 223
Newark and Sherwood 108 200
Newcastle upon Tyne 179 361
Newcastle-under-Lyme 85 163
Newham 69 217
Norfolk 664 1,282
North Devon 67 169
North East Derbyshire 81 149
North East Lincolnshire 139 185
North Hertfordshire 113 125
North Kesteven 84 192
North Lincolnshire 154 217
North Norfolk 91 146
North Somerset 169 272
North Tyneside 189 303
North Warwickshire 44 94
North West Leicestershire 89 202
North Yorkshire 538 1,026
Northampton 202 333
Northamptonshire 641 1,253
Northumberland 256 537
Norwich 98 151
Nottinghamshire 763 1,230
Nuneaton and Bedworth 92 229
Oadby and Wigston 50 51
Oldham 139 240
Oxford 62 103
Oxfordshire 426 1,015
Pendle 56 132
Portsmouth 159 200
Preston 104 181
Reading 105 220
Redbridge 140 163
Redcar and Cleveland 127 176
Redditch 64 124
Reigate and Banstead 117 179
Ribble Valley 55 133
Richmond upon Thames 106 194
Richmondshire 40 41
Rochdale 125 236
Rochford 73 105
Rossendale 64 94
Rother 100 127
Rotherham 179 290
Rugby 114 192
Runnymede 56 84
Rushcliffe 105 166
Rushmoor 63 129
Rutland 28 63
Ryedale 50 91
Salford 165 402
Sandwell 153 299
Scarborough 115 188
Sedgemoor 103 169
Sefton 233 377
Selby 64 202
Sevenoaks 90 132
Sheffield 382 581
Shropshire 266 454
Slough 63 79
Solihull 148 286
Somerset 482 803
Somerset West and Taunton 131 219
South Bucks 32 66
South Cambridgeshire 110 228
South Derbyshire 107 265
South Gloucestershire 201 466
South Hams 73 148
South Holland 71 122
South Kesteven 125 240
South Lakeland 109 150
South Norfolk 97 274
South Northamptonshire 75 206
South Oxfordshire 89 251
South Ribble 116 171
South Somerset 163 254
South Staffordshire 92 100
South Tyneside 110 176
Southampton 152 219
Southend-on-Sea 136 192
Southwark 122 263
Spelthorne 71 100
St Albans 99 148
St Helens 134 214
Stafford 112 241
Staffordshire 695 1,265
Staffordshire Moorlands 90 103
Stevenage 72 82
Stockport 235 425
Stockton-on-Tees 145 295
Stoke-on-Trent 179 258
Stratford-on-Avon 91 223
Stroud 82 189
Suffolk 606 969
Sunderland 186 342
Surrey 855 1,339
Surrey Heath 54 117
Sutton 135 205
Swale 126 201
Swindon 174 324
Tameside 152 285
Tamworth 46 116
Tandridge 53 115
Teignbridge 135 201
Telford and Wrekin 127 291
Tendring 144 207
Test Valley 91 206
Tewkesbury 83 154
Thanet 104 175
Three Rivers 56 119
Thurrock 122 224
Tonbridge and Malling 107 117
Torbay 145 223
Torridge 61 95
Tower Hamlets 100 257
Trafford 154 313
Tunbridge Wells 106 137
Uttlesford 73 136
Vale of White Horse 97 254
Wakefield 281 601
Walsall 186 258
Waltham Forest 119 328
Wandsworth 193 361
Warrington 185 279
Warwick 105 203
Warwickshire 446 941
Watford 59 95
Waverley 103 150
Wealden 148 197
Wellingborough 50 96
Welwyn Hatfield 67 79
West Berkshire 114 179
West Devon 42 68
West Lancashire 70 170
West Lindsey 72 132
West Oxfordshire 86 154
West Suffolk 143 235
West Sussex 703 1,251
Wigan 274 498
Wiltshire 365 680
Winchester 112 160
Windsor and Maidenhead 97 148
Wirral 282 365
Woking 66 99
Wokingham 118 273
Wolverhampton 147 243
Worcester 84 154
Worcestershire 451 865
Worthing 109 151
Wychavon 112 188
Wycombe 123 165
Wyre 90 175
Wyre Forest 61 109
York 155 249
England 39,170 69,001

Note: The number of property transactions for June 2020 will increase as more transactions are incorporated into the index. See our Revisions Policy for more information.

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for June 2019 with the provisional estimate for June 2020, volume transactions decreased by 34.7% 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 decreased by 29.3% in England in the year to June 2020.

4.2 Sales volumes by London borough

Sales volumes by London borough

London borough June 2020 June 2019
Barking and Dagenham 91 125
Barnet 154 392
Bexley 171 242
Brent 63 107
Bromley 237 350
Camden 72 154
City of London 3 15
City of Westminster 74 173
Croydon 188 334
Ealing 123 215
Enfield 145 217
Greenwich 103 218
Hackney 83 113
Hammersmith and Fulham 68 131
Haringey 86 152
Harrow 91 204
Havering 189 254
Hillingdon 114 299
Hounslow 83 147
Islington 61 172
Kensington and Chelsea 58 115
Kingston upon Thames 83 161
Lambeth 136 309
Lewisham 144 240
Merton 118 164
Newham 69 217
Redbridge 140 163
Richmond upon Thames 106 194
Southwark 122 263
Sutton 135 205
Tower Hamlets 100 257
Waltham Forest 119 328
Wandsworth 193 361

Note: The number of property transactions for June 2020 will increase as more transactions are incorporated into the index. See our Revisions Policy for more information.

4.3 Sales volumes for England

Sales volumes for England over the past five years

Date Sales volumes for England
June 2016 74,259
June 2017 84,327
June 2018 79,056
June 2019 69,001
June 2020 39,170

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for June 2019 with the provisional estimate for June 2020, volume transactions decreased by 34.7% 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 decreased by 29.3% in England in the year to June 2020.

4.4 Sales volumes for London

Sales volumes for London over the past 5 years

Date Sales volumes for London
June 2016 8,464
June 2017 9,192
June 2018 8,135
June 2019 6,991
June 2020 3,722

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 June 2020 Average existing June 2020 New build monthly change Existing monthly change New build annual change Existing annual change
London £490,534 £483,224 -2.4% 2.9% 3.2% 2.6%
North East £191,697 £125,585 -0.9% 2.5% 4.4% 0.1%
East Midlands £270,545 £194,940 -1.3% 2.8% 6.2% 4.0%
East of England £367,216 £288,722 -2.6% 1.4% 4.4% 1.6%
North West £228,948 £166,626 -0.7% 3.5% 5.9% 3.5%
South East £380,869 £321,283 -2.8% 0.9% 4.0% 0.9%
South West £310,087 £258,024 -1.6% 2.2% 6.1% 3.1%
West Midlands £274,553 £199,893 -1.1% 2.8% 5.9% 3.4%
Yorkshire and The Humber £214,668 £166,119 -1.6% 2.6% 5.7% 3.0%
England £312,480 £248,776 -1.8% 2.3% 5.0% 2.5%

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 August 2020 Average former owner occupier price August 2020 First time buyer monthly change Former owner occupier monthly change First time buyer annual change Former owner occupier annual change
London £424,469 £558,183 0.8% 1.0% 2.9% 4.3%
North East £112,608 £150,525 -0.4% 0.4% -0.2% 0.6%
East Midlands £169,828 £229,033 0.3% 0.9% 3.4% 3.7%
East of England £245,200 £336,035 0.4% 1.1% 1.5% 2.5%
North West £145,748 £197,940 1.0% 1.7% 3.1% 4.0%
South East £263,337 £387,904 1.1% 2.0% 2.2% 3.6%
South West £217,716 £299,084 -0.1% 0.1% 2.4% 2.6%
West Midlands £170,251 £235,762 -0.2% 0.4% 2.0% 2.6%
Yorkshire and The Humber £145,265 £191,978 -0.2% 0.4% 2.4% 3.0%
England £213,612 £292,323 0.4% 1.0% 2.3% 3.2%

7. Funding status

Cash and mortgage indicator for England by region

Region Average cash price August 2020 Average mortgage price August 2020 Cash monthly change Mortgage monthly change Cash annual change Mortgage annual change
London £510,469 £482,460 1.0% 0.8% 3.9% 3.4%
North East £120,520 £138,065 0.1% -0.1% -0.1% 0.4%
East Midlands £194,625 £206,121 0.4% 0.6% 3.2% 3.8%
East of England £280,911 £303,975 0.8% 0.8% 1.9% 2.1%
North West £158,591 £181,591 1.1% 1.5% 2.6% 4.0%
South East £316,058 £340,084 1.3% 1.6% 2.2% 3.2%
South West £259,851 £267,994 -0.2% 0.2% 1.9% 2.9%
West Midlands £194,886 £209,421 -0.2% 0.2% 1.6% 2.6%
Yorkshire and The Humber £162,719 £173,741 0.1% 0.1% 2.1% 3.0%
England £239,678 £264,297 0.6% 0.8% 2.2% 3.0%

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 2 months are not yet complete, so they are not included in the report.

Repossession sales volumes by government office region

Region Sales volume June 2020
East Midlands 17
East of England 5
London 36
North East 59
North West 74
South East 40
South West 20
West Midlands 24
Yorkshire and The Humber 45
England 320

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