National statistics

UK House Price Index England: February 2020

Published 22 April 2020

Applies to England

1. Headline statistics for February 2020

the average price of a property in England was

£246,341

the annual price change of a property in England was

0.8%

the monthly price change of a property in England was

-0.6%

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

121.4

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 March 2020 UK HPI will be published at 9.30am on Wednesday 20 May 2020. See the calendar of release dates.

2. Economic statement

England house prices grew by 0.8% in the year to February 2020, down from 1.3% in January 2020. England house prices were growing slower than the 1.1% UK annual rate in the year to February 2020. London was the fastest growing region with annual growth of 2.3%; this was due to a decrease in London’s average house price between January 2019 and February 2019. The lowest annual growth was in the East of England, where prices fell by 1.0% over the year to February 2020.

On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England decreased by 0.6% between January 2020 and February 2020, compared with a fall of 0.1% during the same period a year earlier (January 2019 and February 2019). On a seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England decreased by 0.6% between January 2020 and February 2020.

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for December 2018 with the provisional estimate for December 2019, volume transactions decreased by 0.4% in England. UK volume transactions increased by 0.7% over the same period.

Across England, terraced houses showed the biggest increase out of all property types, growing by 1.4% in the year to February 2020 to £200,000. The slowest growth was in flats and maisonettes which decreased by 0.2% in the year to February 2020 to £223,000.

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

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

Average house prices in England increased by 0.8% in the year to February 2020, down from 1.3% in January 2020.

In London, average house prices increased by 2.3% in the year to February 2020, up from an increase of 1.3% in January 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 February 2020 February 2019 Difference
Adur £311,565 £307,613 1.3%
Allerdale £150,550 £145,992 3.1%
Amber Valley £179,335 £169,030 6.1%
Arun £284,571 £280,147 1.6%
Ashfield £145,861 £138,412 5.4%
Ashford £291,500 £295,167 -1.2%
Aylesbury Vale £318,169 £325,336 -2.2%
Babergh £294,193 £282,024 4.3%
Barking and Dagenham £298,960 £293,839 1.7%
Barnet £526,024 £523,679 0.4%
Barnsley £121,131 £120,860 0.2%
Barrow-in-Furness £121,390 £123,519 -1.7%
Basildon £316,342 £305,389 3.6%
Basingstoke and Deane £309,533 £307,168 0.8%
Bassetlaw £164,888 £152,798 7.9%
Bath and North East Somerset £322,746 £333,590 -3.3%
Bedford £273,932 £286,377 -4.3%
Bexley £341,588 £339,186 0.7%
Birmingham £189,573 £189,213 0.2%
Blaby £231,717 £226,802 2.2%
Blackburn with Darwen £113,147 £114,066 -0.8%
Blackpool £108,411 £103,584 4.7%
Bolsover £130,140 £129,141 0.8%
Bolton £138,994 £136,346 1.9%
Boston £160,606 £152,136 5.6%
Bracknell Forest £335,943 £339,502 -1.0%
Bradford £135,073 £132,726 1.8%
Braintree £277,761 £285,495 -2.7%
Breckland £217,956 £225,660 -3.4%
Brent £479,542 £478,494 0.2%
Brentwood £425,271 £421,268 1.0%
Brighton and Hove £366,295 £361,212 1.4%
Broadland £264,392 £264,050 0.1%
Bromley £437,030 £439,716 -0.6%
Bromsgrove £283,527 £288,883 -1.9%
Broxbourne £336,286 £347,812 -3.3%
Broxtowe £190,769 £183,954 3.7%
Buckinghamshire £395,970 £402,598 -1.6%
Burnley £84,917 £80,568 5.4%
Bury £183,530 £177,878 3.2%
Calderdale £145,327 £143,357 1.4%
Cambridge £441,769 £429,639 2.8%
Cambridgeshire £291,577 £290,956 0.2%
Camden £792,861 £864,014 -8.2%
Cannock Chase £173,783 £169,638 2.4%
Canterbury £300,126 £303,163 -1.0%
Carlisle £131,064 £140,758 -6.9%
Castle Point £305,754 £302,213 1.2%
Central Bedfordshire £300,524 £308,934 -2.7%
Charnwood £226,899 £224,037 1.3%
Chelmsford £331,596 £332,507 -0.3%
Cheltenham £270,917 £269,623 0.5%
Cherwell £281,692 £288,087 -2.2%
Cheshire East £227,316 £222,999 1.9%
Cheshire West and Chester £209,956 £203,171 3.3%
Chesterfield £160,496 £154,259 4.0%
Chichester £378,242 £374,170 1.1%
Chiltern £538,083 £555,237 -3.1%
Chorley £181,050 £181,020 0.0%
City of Bristol £283,230 £278,034 1.9%
City of Derby £163,112 £158,420 3.0%
City of Kingston upon Hull £112,636 £110,356 2.1%
City of London £730,282 £894,520 -18.4%
City of Nottingham £145,945 £142,728 2.3%
City of Peterborough £192,632 £190,936 0.9%
City of Plymouth £180,462 £175,944 2.6%
City of Westminster £975,091 £917,868 6.2%
Colchester £259,176 £265,502 -2.4%
Copeland £122,167 £117,495 4.0%
Corby £191,853 £179,791 6.7%
Cornwall £237,540 £230,705 3.0%
Cotswold £388,797 £374,062 3.9%
County Durham £101,984 £98,044 4.0%
Coventry £189,741 £186,280 1.9%
Craven £221,252 £216,507 2.2%
Crawley £272,492 £277,691 -1.9%
Croydon £373,110 £364,406 2.4%
Cumbria £157,028 £156,152 0.6%
Dacorum £405,605 £395,630 2.5%
Darlington £126,083 £129,846 -2.9%
Dartford £297,011 £291,001 2.1%
Daventry £259,787 £268,001 -3.1%
Derbyshire £180,444 £177,847 1.5%
Derbyshire Dales £259,724 £264,699 -1.9%
Devon £262,700 £259,687 1.2%
Doncaster £131,404 £127,350 3.2%
Dorset £289,562 £289,225 0.1%
Dover £251,677 £243,487 3.4%
Dudley £179,278 £173,915 3.1%
Ealing £470,814 £476,648 -1.2%
East Cambridgeshire £279,852 £275,345 1.6%
East Devon £284,268 £294,235 -3.4%
East Hampshire £376,229 £359,169 4.7%
East Hertfordshire £378,894 £383,702 -1.3%
East Lindsey £175,543 £181,836 -3.5%
East Northamptonshire £242,175 £243,311 -0.5%
East Riding of Yorkshire £179,117 £176,314 1.6%
East Staffordshire £189,209 £180,574 4.8%
East Suffolk £246,433 £240,928 2.3%
East Sussex £278,917 £279,235 -0.1%
Eastbourne £237,696 £239,646 -0.8%
Eastleigh £280,957 £283,689 -1.0%
Eden £197,509 £194,483 1.6%
Elmbridge £594,221 £599,618 -0.9%
Enfield £392,895 £397,254 -1.1%
Epping Forest £448,298 £450,896 -0.6%
Epsom and Ewell £470,028 £456,846 2.9%
Erewash £165,055 £165,481 -0.3%
Essex £310,199 £311,460 -0.4%
Exeter £257,776 £256,638 0.4%
Fareham £285,540 £294,234 -3.0%
Fenland £182,847 £188,212 -2.9%
Folkestone and Hythe £262,068 £260,226 0.7%
Forest of Dean £249,308 £243,481 2.4%
Fylde £189,585 £192,768 -1.7%
Gateshead £129,347 £129,524 -0.1%
Gedling £194,081 £182,357 6.4%
Gloucester £204,758 £205,404 -0.3%
Gloucestershire £268,824 £264,588 1.6%
Gosport £204,692 £213,026 -3.9%
Gravesham £286,708 £279,383 2.6%
Great Yarmouth £181,527 £175,061 3.7%
Greenwich £395,484 £391,921 0.9%
Guildford £453,942 £447,622 1.4%
Hackney £577,443 £532,412 8.5%
Halton £140,111 £140,675 -0.4%
Hambleton £232,955 £234,091 -0.5%
Hammersmith and Fulham £741,096 £716,796 3.4%
Hampshire £313,745 £312,640 0.4%
Harborough £296,015 £287,349 3.0%
Haringey £530,513 £544,945 -2.6%
Harlow £263,965 £275,734 -4.3%
Harrogate £301,887 £277,420 8.8%
Harrow £444,755 £454,375 -2.1%
Hart £408,029 £401,079 1.7%
Hartlepool £113,114 £106,855 5.9%
Hastings £215,991 £210,653 2.5%
Havant £263,419 £264,775 -0.5%
Havering £369,312 £364,615 1.3%
Herefordshire £233,971 £232,322 0.7%
Hertfordshire £393,737 £392,686 0.3%
Hertsmere £451,332 £464,128 -2.8%
High Peak £197,288 £198,034 -0.4%
Hillingdon £396,248 £413,658 -4.2%
Hinckley and Bosworth £219,440 £216,331 1.4%
Horsham £388,331 £374,285 3.8%
Hounslow £403,401 £390,471 3.3%
Huntingdonshire £257,010 £262,348 -2.0%
Hyndburn £95,278 £94,503 0.8%
Ipswich £191,075 £197,831 -3.4%
Isle of Wight £222,515 £219,225 1.5%
Islington £686,810 £627,072 9.5%
Kensington and Chelsea £1,255,848 £1,259,858 -0.3%
Kent £295,037 £291,516 1.2%
Kettering £204,318 £205,837 -0.7%
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk £214,650 £214,333 0.1%
Kingston upon Thames £500,189 £475,365 5.2%
Kirklees £149,056 £147,639 1.0%
Knowsley £131,869 £128,237 2.8%
Lambeth £528,519 £495,661 6.6%
Lancashire £144,818 £143,658 0.8%
Lancaster £152,601 £155,179 -1.7%
Leeds £188,799 £182,339 3.5%
Leicester £182,384 £168,644 8.1%
Leicestershire £230,279 £227,708 1.1%
Lewes £318,261 £331,802 -4.1%
Lewisham £414,975 £398,589 4.1%
Lichfield £253,473 £245,607 3.2%
Lincoln £151,661 £154,294 -1.7%
Lincolnshire £182,516 £184,633 -1.1%
Liverpool £133,704 £134,235 -0.4%
Luton £234,983 £239,997 -2.1%
Maidstone £287,779 £287,599 0.1%
Maldon £330,486 £338,695 -2.4%
Malvern Hills £279,349 £263,126 6.2%
Manchester £177,663 £178,052 -0.2%
Mansfield £137,452 £135,688 1.3%
Medway £237,500 £244,244 -2.8%
Melton £221,175 £224,669 -1.6%
Mendip £263,798 £256,834 2.7%
Merton £493,242 £520,035 -5.2%
Mid Devon £240,790 £233,060 3.3%
Mid Suffolk £261,652 £270,104 -3.1%
Mid Sussex £374,993 £372,319 0.7%
Middlesbrough £112,191 £110,773 1.3%
Milton Keynes £263,333 £256,061 2.8%
Mole Valley £493,621 £491,308 0.5%
New Forest £342,791 £338,335 1.3%
Newark and Sherwood £183,931 £180,948 1.6%
Newcastle upon Tyne £156,235 £155,035 0.8%
Newcastle-under-Lyme £159,610 £154,066 3.6%
Newham £382,454 £363,433 5.2%
Norfolk £229,853 £228,867 0.4%
North Devon £247,866 £242,231 2.3%
North East Derbyshire £197,928 £190,607 3.8%
North East Lincolnshire £122,649 £120,140 2.1%
North Hertfordshire £345,520 £335,247 3.1%
North Kesteven £215,875 £209,584 3.0%
North Lincolnshire £144,992 £146,604 -1.1%
North Norfolk £255,372 £254,818 0.2%
North Somerset £262,877 £262,249 0.2%
North Tyneside £161,274 £160,158 0.7%
North Warwickshire £206,161 £205,107 0.5%
North West Leicestershire £202,935 £204,067 -0.6%
North Yorkshire £223,881 £218,670 2.4%
Northampton £213,539 £212,633 0.4%
Northamptonshire £227,705 £229,246 -0.7%
Northumberland £150,206 £151,116 -0.6%
Norwich £206,565 £207,518 -0.5%
Nottinghamshire £182,609 £174,574 4.6%
Nuneaton and Bedworth £179,399 £174,256 3.0%
Oadby and Wigston £221,141 £218,862 1.0%
Oldham £147,510 £131,321 12.3%
Oxford £419,973 £410,400 2.3%
Oxfordshire £350,050 £350,473 -0.1%
Pendle £99,287 £98,631 0.7%
Portsmouth £212,837 £208,923 1.9%
Preston £128,840 £126,490 1.9%
Reading £286,333 £296,740 -3.5%
Redbridge £423,671 £411,355 3.0%
Redcar and Cleveland £121,115 £116,838 3.7%
Redditch £211,163 £206,447 2.3%
Reigate and Banstead £406,984 £397,471 2.4%
Ribble Valley £216,627 £212,946 1.7%
Richmond upon Thames £672,266 £656,018 2.5%
Richmondshire £204,022 £205,931 -0.9%
Rochdale £138,496 £138,235 0.2%
Rochford £351,841 £352,052 -0.1%
Rossendale £137,384 £133,548 2.9%
Rother £299,625 £293,175 2.2%
Rotherham £144,379 £138,013 4.6%
Rugby £234,863 £235,662 -0.3%
Runnymede £405,525 £414,378 -2.1%
Rushcliffe £288,518 £271,819 6.1%
Rushmoor £277,729 £284,458 -2.4%
Rutland £310,402 £304,211 2.0%
Ryedale £244,101 £239,096 2.1%
Salford £166,453 £164,805 1.0%
Sandwell £154,891 £151,477 2.3%
Scarborough £162,301 £165,664 -2.0%
Sedgemoor £233,616 £229,553 1.8%
Sefton £161,622 £163,085 -0.9%
Selby £198,854 £194,979 2.0%
Sevenoaks £444,495 £427,918 3.9%
Sheffield £174,372 £165,741 5.2%
Shropshire £216,311 £214,673 0.8%
Slough £297,333 £293,336 1.4%
Solihull £282,368 £283,188 -0.3%
Somerset £241,035 £233,457 3.2%
Somerset West and Taunton £236,104 £231,916 1.8%
South Bucks £588,519 £592,304 -0.6%
South Cambridgeshire £380,725 £367,522 3.6%
South Derbyshire £191,534 £194,617 -1.6%
South Gloucestershire £283,062 £277,281 2.1%
South Hams £313,581 £304,779 2.9%
South Holland £183,682 £188,274 -2.4%
South Kesteven £214,417 £211,756 1.3%
South Lakeland £248,168 £232,181 6.9%
South Norfolk £272,270 £263,466 3.3%
South Northamptonshire £304,011 £325,884 -6.7%
South Oxfordshire £405,137 £401,376 0.9%
South Ribble £168,441 £171,892 -2.0%
South Somerset £237,255 £223,554 6.1%
South Staffordshire £228,757 £228,231 0.2%
South Tyneside £128,266 £128,399 -0.1%
Southampton £202,672 £209,945 -3.5%
Southend-on-Sea £282,731 £281,279 0.5%
Southwark £507,512 £489,117 3.8%
Spelthorne £362,690 £368,876 -1.7%
St Albans £505,390 £494,614 2.2%
St Helens £133,178 £129,562 2.8%
Stafford £207,523 £208,584 -0.5%
Staffordshire £195,323 £191,639 1.9%
Staffordshire Moorlands £182,096 £179,826 1.3%
Stevenage £276,506 £285,309 -3.1%
Stockport £233,097 £225,518 3.4%
Stockton-on-Tees £131,961 £136,458 -3.3%
Stoke-on-Trent £113,766 £110,216 3.2%
Stratford-on-Avon £311,099 £326,044 -4.6%
Stroud £285,924 £274,588 4.1%
Suffolk £243,986 £243,066 0.4%
Sunderland £113,252 £115,136 -1.6%
Surrey £443,544 £442,767 0.2%
Surrey Heath £380,076 £391,768 -3.0%
Sutton £380,198 £374,348 1.6%
Swale £247,181 £247,395 -0.1%
Swindon £213,116 £216,279 -1.5%
Tameside £154,157 £147,459 4.5%
Tamworth £184,488 £185,138 -0.4%
Tandridge £458,119 £442,030 3.6%
Teignbridge £245,757 £242,262 1.4%
Telford and Wrekin £169,180 £166,066 1.9%
Tendring £223,856 £221,089 1.3%
Test Valley £322,830 £322,845 0.0%
Tewkesbury £271,497 £272,579 -0.4%
Thanet £235,634 £232,992 1.1%
Three Rivers £516,937 £517,771 -0.2%
Thurrock £269,651 £268,596 0.4%
Tonbridge and Malling £374,329 £362,265 3.3%
Torbay £204,597 £193,314 5.8%
Torridge £234,436 £232,647 0.8%
Tower Hamlets £462,323 £427,634 8.1%
Trafford £287,008 £284,145 1.0%
Tunbridge Wells £389,688 £381,417 2.2%
Uttlesford £386,700 £389,249 -0.7%
Vale of White Horse £360,294 £354,752 1.6%
Wakefield £149,491 £147,584 1.3%
Walsall £169,914 £167,106 1.7%
Waltham Forest £441,113 £436,449 1.1%
Wandsworth £600,089 £579,893 3.5%
Warrington £191,150 £191,394 -0.1%
Warwick £306,006 £309,440 -1.1%
Warwickshire £250,743 £252,594 -0.7%
Watford £346,758 £344,287 0.7%
Waverley £454,589 £453,079 0.3%
Wealden £329,912 £331,519 -0.5%
Wellingborough £217,815 £216,069 0.8%
Welwyn Hatfield £391,706 £384,405 1.9%
West Berkshire £342,401 £348,192 -1.7%
West Devon £279,425 £253,411 10.3%
West Lancashire £184,709 £185,578 -0.5%
West Lindsey £156,597 £167,984 -6.8%
West Oxfordshire £314,450 £321,827 -2.3%
West Suffolk £253,241 £251,958 0.5%
West Sussex £324,581 £320,754 1.2%
Wigan £133,249 £131,195 1.6%
Wiltshire £272,613 £275,787 -1.2%
Winchester £419,296 £400,518 4.7%
Windsor and Maidenhead £480,510 £474,561 1.3%
Wirral £164,338 £161,235 1.9%
Woking £411,710 £420,011 -2.0%
Wokingham £413,115 £403,069 2.5%
Wolverhampton £160,620 £152,030 5.7%
Worcester £213,402 £208,740 2.2%
Worcestershire £240,770 £237,909 1.2%
Worthing £277,312 £276,576 0.3%
Wychavon £268,784 £275,621 -2.5%
Wycombe £390,631 £394,407 -1.0%
Wyre £154,710 £148,648 4.1%
Wyre Forest £198,943 £190,470 4.4%
York £251,696 £254,025 -0.9%
England £246,341 £244,427 0.8%

Average price by local authority for England

The heat map is unavailable due to the impact the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had on operational services.

In February 2020, the most expensive area to purchase a property was Kensington and Chelsea, where the average cost was £1.3 million. In contrast, the cheapest area to purchase a property was Burnley, where the average cost was £86,000.

3.2 Annual price change by London borough

Annual price change by London borough

London borough February 2020 February 2019 Difference
Barking and Dagenham £298,960 £293,839 1.7%
Barnet £526,024 £523,679 0.4%
Bexley £341,588 £339,186 0.7%
Brent £479,542 £478,494 0.2%
Bromley £437,030 £439,716 -0.6%
Camden £792,861 £864,014 -8.2%
City of London £730,282 £894,520 -18.4%
City of Westminster £975,091 £917,868 6.2%
Croydon £373,110 £364,406 2.4%
Ealing £470,814 £476,648 -1.2%
Enfield £392,895 £397,254 -1.1%
Greenwich £395,484 £391,921 0.9%
Hackney £577,443 £532,412 8.5%
Hammersmith and Fulham £741,096 £716,796 3.4%
Haringey £530,513 £544,945 -2.6%
Harrow £444,755 £454,375 -2.1%
Havering £369,312 £364,615 1.3%
Hillingdon £396,248 £413,658 -4.2%
Hounslow £403,401 £390,471 3.3%
Islington £686,810 £627,072 9.5%
Kensington and Chelsea £1,255,848 £1,259,858 -0.3%
Kingston upon Thames £500,189 £475,365 5.2%
Lambeth £528,519 £495,661 6.6%
Lewisham £414,975 £398,589 4.1%
Merton £493,242 £520,035 -5.2%
Newham £382,454 £363,433 5.2%
Redbridge £423,671 £411,355 3.0%
Richmond upon Thames £672,266 £656,018 2.5%
Southwark £507,512 £489,117 3.8%
Sutton £380,198 £374,348 1.6%
Tower Hamlets £462,323 £427,634 8.1%
Waltham Forest £441,113 £436,449 1.1%
Wandsworth £600,089 £579,893 3.5%

Average price by London borough

The heat map is unavailable due to the impact the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had on operational services.

In February 2020, the most expensive borough to purchase a property was Kensington and Chelsea, where the average cost was £1.3 million. In contrast, the cheapest borough to purchase a property was Barking and Dagenham, where the average cost was £299,000.

3.3 Average price change by property type

Average price change by property type for England

Property type February 2020 February 2019 Difference
Detached £374,490 £373,299 0.3%
Semi-detached £231,431 £228,633 1.2%
Terraced £199,631 £196,809 1.4%
Flat or maisonette £223,299 £223,812 -0.2%
All £246,341 £244,427 0.8%

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 December 2019 December 2018
Adur 81 69
Allerdale 115 120
Amber Valley 151 173
Arun 237 307
Ashfield 153 146
Ashford 153 142
Aylesbury Vale 290 305
Babergh 101 111
Barking and Dagenham 101 142
Barnet 211 346
Barnsley 321 399
Barrow-in-Furness 101 94
Basildon 172 196
Basingstoke and Deane 192 261
Bassetlaw 155 175
Bath and North East Somerset 213 264
Bedford 214 287
Bexley 214 237
Birmingham 907 1,184
Blaby 138 169
Blackburn with Darwen 148 184
Blackpool 167 177
Bolsover 101 115
Bolton 280 313
Boston 68 97
Bracknell Forest 213 175
Bradford 547 652
Braintree 167 211
Breckland 201 203
Brent 122 171
Brentwood 76 89
Brighton and Hove 293 307
Broadland 180 206
Bromley 338 347
Bromsgrove 118 118
Broxbourne 88 109
Broxtowe 130 148
Buckinghamshire 654 670
Burnley 119 140
Bury 204 249
Calderdale 243 305
Cambridge 100 122
Cambridgeshire 779 933
Camden 110 198
Cannock Chase 135 131
Canterbury 191 159
Carlisle 155 159
Castle Point 117 83
Central Bedfordshire 459 436
Charnwood 208 292
Chelmsford 200 201
Cheltenham 154 188
Cherwell 229 227
Cheshire East 622 710
Cheshire West and Chester 417 496
Chesterfield 115 110
Chichester 141 172
Chiltern 91 85
Chorley 152 196
City of Bristol 491 636
City of Derby 260 302
City of Kingston upon Hull 269 312
City of London 10 36
City of Nottingham 263 351
City of Peterborough 245 262
City of Plymouth 332 380
City of Westminster 182 141
Colchester 241 334
Copeland 54 79
Corby 74 152
Cornwall 827 869
Cotswold 94 144
County Durham 592 651
Coventry 334 386
Craven 97 87
Crawley 95 138
Croydon 290 294
Cumbria 622 700
Dacorum 147 170
Darlington 155 148
Dartford 181 247
Daventry 120 153
Derbyshire 1,036 1,152
Derbyshire Dales 107 111
Devon 1,222 1,269
Doncaster 417 487
Dorset 506 568
Dover 165 156
Dudley 333 308
Ealing 143 193
East Cambridgeshire 87 96
East Devon 271 273
East Hampshire 187 202
East Hertfordshire 172 227
East Lindsey 185 239
East Northamptonshire 120 130
East Riding of Yorkshire 538 591
East Staffordshire 150 162
East Suffolk 306 371
East Sussex 757 769
Eastbourne 148 163
Eastleigh 195 228
Eden 73 95
Elmbridge 142 164
Enfield 182 196
Epping Forest 123 143
Epsom and Ewell 73 73
Erewash 151 153
Essex 1,697 1,977
Exeter 174 179
Fareham 153 161
Fenland 144 152
Folkestone and Hythe 107 153
Forest of Dean 97 89
Fylde 129 141
Gateshead 171 193
Gedling 163 166
Gloucester 174 163
Gloucestershire 832 965
Gosport 98 102
Gravesham 97 99
Great Yarmouth 155 140
Greenwich 230 191
Guildford 134 148
Hackney 219 142
Halton 107 154
Hambleton 150 145
Hammersmith and Fulham 133 153
Hampshire 1,792 2,001
Harborough 149 156
Haringey 153 166
Harlow 98 117
Harrogate 208 235
Harrow 162 202
Hart 140 193
Hartlepool 83 102
Hastings 117 115
Havant 151 139
Havering 246 263
Herefordshire 222 229
Hertfordshire 1,153 1,310
Hertsmere 79 115
High Peak 118 137
Hillingdon 212 220
Hinckley and Bosworth 141 168
Horsham 188 216
Hounslow 155 154
Huntingdonshire 231 298
Hyndburn 91 112
Ipswich 148 144
Isle of Wight 201 249
Islington 106 146
Kensington and Chelsea 112 84
Kent 1,771 1,920
Kettering 166 168
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 217 191
Kingston upon Thames 159 181
Kirklees 478 564
Knowsley 175 157
Lambeth 240 313
Lancashire 1,452 1,855
Lancaster 163 223
Leeds 883 957
Leicester 218 264
Leicestershire 910 1,090
Lewes 113 120
Lewisham 191 234
Lichfield 129 158
Lincoln 104 112
Lincolnshire 997 1,197
Liverpool 486 509
Luton 169 183
Maidstone 202 237
Maldon 94 95
Malvern Hills 103 110
Manchester 380 526
Mansfield 137 154
Medway 282 315
Melton 67 72
Mendip 145 182
Merton 140 156
Mid Devon 125 107
Mid Suffolk 144 141
Mid Sussex 213 242
Middlesbrough 188 185
Milton Keynes 371 415
Mole Valley 103 87
New Forest 217 203
Newark and Sherwood 140 215
Newcastle upon Tyne 282 318
Newcastle-under-Lyme 163 159
Newham 105 267
Norfolk 1,345 1,340
North Devon 144 174
North East Derbyshire 127 127
North East Lincolnshire 203 210
North Hertfordshire 173 150
North Kesteven 185 228
North Lincolnshire 183 208
North Norfolk 176 156
North Somerset 278 343
North Tyneside 260 319
North Warwickshire 71 86
North West Leicestershire 151 187
North Yorkshire 911 994
Northampton 270 326
Northamptonshire 967 1,232
Northumberland 407 516
Norwich 159 151
Nottinghamshire 1,033 1,185
Nuneaton and Bedworth 190 247
Oadby and Wigston 56 46
Oldham 288 210
Oxford 89 119
Oxfordshire 815 940
Pendle 117 138
Portsmouth 209 266
Preston 129 177
Reading 125 189
Redbridge 172 161
Redcar and Cleveland 170 171
Redditch 102 128
Reigate and Banstead 190 195
Ribble Valley 91 103
Richmond upon Thames 188 189
Richmondshire 53 78
Rochdale 233 242
Rochford 70 101
Rossendale 59 93
Rother 135 140
Rotherham 279 296
Rugby 155 178
Runnymede 98 82
Rushcliffe 155 180
Rushmoor 102 118
Rutland 63 49
Ryedale 79 77
Salford 264 299
Sandwell 224 290
Scarborough 172 195
Sedgemoor 165 182
Sefton 306 363
Selby 152 175
Sevenoaks 113 113
Sheffield 586 617
Shropshire 422 472
Slough 100 110
Solihull 232 289
Somerset 750 859
Somerset West and Taunton 204 238
South Bucks 71 60
South Cambridgeshire 217 257
South Derbyshire 166 226
South Gloucestershire 419 461
South Hams 145 155
South Holland 147 140
South Kesteven 179 226
South Lakeland 124 153
South Norfolk 257 293
South Northamptonshire 135 181
South Oxfordshire 184 223
South Ribble 134 168
South Somerset 234 255
South Staffordshire 145 137
South Tyneside 152 163
Southampton 180 271
Southend-on-Sea 199 226
Southwark 206 272
Spelthorne 94 94
St Albans 168 164
St Helens 184 192
Stafford 206 183
Staffordshire 1,136 1,177
Staffordshire Moorlands 107 132
Stevenage 78 81
Stockport 321 369
Stockton-on-Tees 211 254
Stoke-on-Trent 281 300
Stratford-on-Avon 180 266
Stroud 165 159
Suffolk 887 981
Sunderland 231 325
Surrey 1,279 1,300
Surrey Heath 119 110
Sutton 189 240
Swale 142 164
Swindon 325 339
Tameside 231 284
Tamworth 101 108
Tandridge 78 92
Teignbridge 186 195
Telford and Wrekin 283 305
Tendring 237 238
Test Valley 203 212
Tewkesbury 147 222
Thanet 155 183
Three Rivers 67 80
Thurrock 172 211
Tonbridge and Malling 121 137
Torbay 196 201
Torridge 98 96
Tower Hamlets 159 314
Trafford 208 276
Tunbridge Wells 144 129
Uttlesford 102 169
Vale of White Horse 168 215
Wakefield 434 553
Walsall 251 278
Waltham Forest 208 256
Wandsworth 321 350
Warrington 240 254
Warwick 172 242
Warwickshire 768 1,019
Watford 90 84
Waverley 144 148
Wealden 244 231
Wellingborough 82 122
Welwyn Hatfield 91 129
West Berkshire 172 190
West Devon 78 88
West Lancashire 123 186
West Lindsey 129 155
West Oxfordshire 145 152
West Suffolk 187 213
West Sussex 1,154 1,373
Wigan 395 475
Wiltshire 632 715
Winchester 154 181
Windsor and Maidenhead 137 157
Wirral 373 402
Woking 103 107
Wokingham 245 297
Wolverhampton 250 251
Worcester 130 127
Worcestershire 764 820
Worthing 199 227
Wychavon 194 188
Wycombe 202 220
Wyre 145 178
Wyre Forest 117 149
York 227 286
England 61,189 69,841

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

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for December 2018 with the provisional estimate for December 2019, volume transactions decreased by 0.4% 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 increased by 3.6% in England in the year to December 2019.

4.2 Sales volumes by London borough

Sales volumes by London borough

London borough December 2019 December 2018
Barking and Dagenham 101 142
Barnet 211 346
Bexley 214 237
Brent 122 171
Bromley 338 347
Camden 110 198
City of London 10 36
City of Westminster 182 141
Croydon 290 294
Ealing 143 193
Enfield 182 196
Greenwich 230 191
Hackney 219 142
Hammersmith and Fulham 133 153
Haringey 153 166
Harrow 162 202
Havering 246 263
Hillingdon 212 220
Hounslow 155 154
Islington 106 146
Kensington and Chelsea 112 84
Kingston upon Thames 159 181
Lambeth 240 313
Lewisham 191 234
Merton 140 156
Newham 105 267
Redbridge 172 161
Richmond upon Thames 188 189
Southwark 206 272
Sutton 189 240
Tower Hamlets 159 314
Waltham Forest 208 256
Wandsworth 321 350

Note: The estimate for December 2019 is calculated based on around 85% of the final registered transactions. The number of property transactions for December 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
December 2015 80,366
December 2016 79,605
December 2017 76,522
December 2018 69,841
December 2019 61,189

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for December 2018 with the provisional estimate for December 2019, volume transactions decreased by 0.4% 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 3.6% in England in the year to December 2019.

4.4 Sales volumes for London

Sales volumes for London over the past 5 years

Date Sales volumes for London
December 2015 9,700
December 2016 8,460
December 2017 7,883
December 2018 6,957
December 2019 5,910

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 December 2019 Average existing December 2019 New build monthly change Existing monthly change New build annual change Existing annual change
London £488,122 £479,474 5.5% 1.9% 0.0% 1.5%
North East £187,197 £125,437 2.8% -0.2% 1.6% 0.7%
East Midlands £261,958 £190,182 2.8% -0.2% 1.9% 1.7%
East of England £359,527 £286,987 3.5% 0.6% 0.1% 0.3%
North West £220,305 £162,740 2.9% -0.4% 1.6% 1.8%
South East £373,778 £319,626 3.0% -0.5% 1.0% 0.4%
South West £300,418 £254,398 2.9% -0.3% 0.8% 0.2%
West Midlands £265,467 £195,193 1.7% -1.3% 0.1% 0.3%
Yorkshire and The Humber £207,724 £163,419 3.3% 0.7% 2.6% 2.4%
England £304,479 £245,312 3.2% 0.0% 0.9% 1.0%

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 February 2020 Average former owner occupier price February 2020 First time buyer monthly change Former owner occupier monthly change First time buyer annual change Former owner occupier annual change
London £415,833 £540,714 0.1% 0.2% 1.9% 2.9%
North East £107,308 £142,402 -1.3% -1.3% 0.3% 0.5%
East Midlands £161,994 £216,845 -1.4% -1.7% 0.9% 0.5%
East of England £238,282 £323,985 -0.8% -0.7% -1.5% -0.6%
North West £137,763 £185,939 -0.5% -0.6% 0.7% 1.2%
South East £255,910 £373,732 -0.6% -0.2% -0.2% 0.9%
South West £212,365 £291,026 0.4% 0.6% 0.9% 1.3%
West Midlands £165,773 £227,666 -1.1% -1.5% 0.5% 0.8%
Yorkshire and The Humber £139,069 £182,799 -1.0% -1.0% 1.8% 2.0%
England £206,214 £280,173 -0.6% -0.6% 0.5% 1.0%

7. Funding status

Cash and mortgage indicator for England by region

Region Average cash price February 2020 Average mortgage price February 2020 Cash monthly change Mortgage monthly change Cash annual change Mortgage annual change
London £498,164 £470,403 0.2% 0.1% 2.0% 2.4%
North East £115,388 £130,603 -0.4% -1.7% 1.2% 0.1%
East Midlands £184,859 £195,832 -1.7% -1.5% 0.2% 0.8%
East of England £274,385 £293,201 0.2% -1.1% -0.3% -1.3%
North West £151,013 £170,358 -0.2% -0.7% 0.9% 1.0%
South East £308,493 £327,931 0.1% -0.6% 0.9% 0.2%
South West £255,312 £259,885 0.9% 0.3% 1.1% 1.1%
West Midlands £190,222 £202,571 -1.3% -1.4% 0.5% 0.7%
Yorkshire and The Humber £156,034 £165,584 -0.9% -1.1% 1.7% 2.0%
England £232,030 £253,585 -0.2% -0.8% 0.9% 0.8%

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 December 2019
East Midlands 33
East of England 16
London 44
North East 65
North West 149
South East 53
South West 32
West Midlands 61
Yorkshire and The Humber 87
England 540

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9. Access the data

Download the data as CSV files or access it with our UK HPI tool.

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