National statistics

UK House Price Index England: July 2019

Published 18 September 2019

Applies to England

1. Headline statistics for July 2019

the average price of a property in England was

£248,837

the annual price change of a property in England was

0.3%

the monthly price change of a property in England was

0.5%

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

122.7

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.

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2. Economic statement

England house prices grew by 0.3% in the year to July 2019, down from a rise of 1.1% in June 2019. England house prices were growing slower than the UK annual rate of 0.7% in the year to July 2019. Yorkshire and The Humber was the fastest growing region with annual growth of 3.2%, up from 2.3% in the year to June 2019. The lowest annual growth was in the North East, where prices fell by 2.9% over the year to July 2019, followed by the South East where prices fell by 2.0% over the year.

On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England increased by 0.5% between June 2019 and July 2019, compared with a rise of 1.2% during the same period a year earlier (June 2018 and July 2018). On a seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England fell by 0.3% between June 2019 and July 2019.

The UK Property Transaction Statistics showed that on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, in the 3 months to July 2019 the estimated number of transactions on residential properties with a value of £40,000 or greater in England was 240,180. This is down by 8.1% compared with the 3 months to July 2018.

Across England, terraced houses showed the biggest increase, rising by 0.9% in the year to July 2019 to £202,000. The average price of flats and maisonettes fell by 0.4% in the year to July 2019 to £228,000. 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

The annual price change for England and London from July 2015 to July 2019.

Average house prices in England increased by 0.3% in the year to July 2019, down from a rise of 1.1% in June 2019.

In London, average house prices fell by 1.4% in the year to July 2019, unchanged from June 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 July 2019 July 2018 Difference
Adur £318,105 £317,810 0.1%
Allerdale £152,709 £152,648 0.0%
Amber Valley £173,827 £172,270 0.9%
Arun £285,645 £287,712 -0.7%
Ashfield £144,854 £141,159 2.6%
Ashford £290,129 £293,314 -1.1%
Aylesbury Vale £321,325 £330,284 -2.7%
Babergh £288,530 £288,539 0.0%
Barking and Dagenham £295,875 £294,953 0.3%
Barnet £507,598 £523,397 -3.0%
Barnsley £125,506 £122,834 2.2%
Barrow-in-Furness £123,238 £123,117 0.1%
Basildon £306,570 £311,707 -1.6%
Basingstoke and Deane £282,518 £304,743 -7.3%
Bassetlaw £157,270 £150,563 4.5%
Bath and North East Somerset £337,466 £338,906 -0.4%
Bedford £283,467 £292,802 -3.2%
Bexley £336,807 £345,693 -2.6%
Birmingham £190,046 £182,974 3.9%
Blaby £235,772 £224,444 5.0%
Blackburn with Darwen £116,629 £114,722 1.7%
Blackpool £105,362 £104,227 1.1%
Bolsover £126,861 £127,406 -0.4%
Bolton £137,508 £134,652 2.1%
Boston £161,839 £151,149 7.1%
Bournemouth £249,145 £249,385 -0.1%
Bracknell Forest £328,025 £350,686 -6.5%
Bradford £141,496 £137,160 3.2%
Braintree £281,391 £284,190 -1.0%
Breckland £223,768 £222,347 0.6%
Brent £465,422 £505,028 -7.8%
Brentwood £431,961 £416,598 3.7%
Brighton and Hove £368,736 £369,374 -0.2%
Broadland £262,848 £252,748 4.0%
Bromley £437,580 £440,996 -0.8%
Bromsgrove £290,319 £285,654 1.6%
Broxbourne £355,184 £346,828 2.4%
Broxtowe £190,202 £182,388 4.3%
Buckinghamshire £402,510 £406,430 -1.0%
Burnley £84,018 £81,634 2.9%
Bury £180,795 £170,054 6.3%
Calderdale £152,951 £143,152 6.8%
Cambridge £440,342 £441,781 -0.3%
Cambridgeshire £300,341 £293,761 2.2%
Camden £917,594 £837,712 9.5%
Cannock Chase £170,037 £162,813 4.4%
Canterbury £302,528 £298,173 1.5%
Carlisle £130,348 £134,167 -2.8%
Castle Point £306,160 £310,666 -1.5%
Central Bedfordshire £304,689 £308,452 -1.2%
Charnwood £224,553 £216,461 3.7%
Chelmsford £340,547 £331,012 2.9%
Cheltenham £280,202 £275,555 1.7%
Cherwell £278,526 £295,276 -5.7%
Cheshire East £229,018 £221,089 3.6%
Cheshire West and Chester £210,023 £201,888 4.0%
Chesterfield £166,467 £160,095 4.0%
Chichester £373,648 £381,571 -2.1%
Chiltern £548,453 £552,203 -0.7%
Chorley £178,285 £175,487 1.6%
Christchurch £348,984 £330,978 5.4%
City of Bristol £276,751 £277,763 -0.4%
City of Derby £164,064 £158,027 3.8%
City of Kingston upon Hull £114,794 £112,240 2.3%
City of London £743,181 £809,697 -8.2%
City of Nottingham £143,070 £139,501 2.6%
City of Peterborough £194,590 £190,025 2.4%
City of Plymouth £175,275 £177,114 -1.0%
City of Westminster £956,783 £966,625 -1.0%
Colchester £258,919 £263,133 -1.6%
Copeland £120,301 £122,053 -1.4%
Corby £180,706 £182,040 -0.7%
Cornwall £234,320 £228,449 2.6%
Cotswold £383,508 £370,305 3.6%
County Durham £100,888 £103,801 -2.8%
Coventry £192,814 £184,088 4.7%
Craven £218,695 £210,705 3.8%
Crawley £286,283 £285,523 0.3%
Croydon £359,504 £374,361 -4.0%
Cumbria £157,855 £157,080 0.5%
Dacorum £396,093 £404,188 -2.0%
Darlington £130,666 £133,459 -2.1%
Dartford £305,772 £291,149 5.0%
Daventry £258,953 £280,313 -7.6%
Derbyshire £179,687 £176,860 1.6%
Derbyshire Dales £269,277 £265,148 1.6%
Devon £259,748 £252,623 2.8%
Doncaster £129,305 £124,854 3.6%
Dorset £294,420 £294,453 0.0%
Dover £251,354 £240,326 4.6%
Dudley £182,310 £171,959 6.0%
Ealing £477,206 £478,376 -0.2%
East Cambridgeshire £286,845 £289,610 -1.0%
East Devon £292,505 £282,332 3.6%
East Dorset £355,584 £356,670 -0.3%
East Hampshire £370,930 £378,963 -2.1%
East Hertfordshire £386,441 £396,943 -2.6%
East Lindsey £179,322 £175,945 1.9%
East Northamptonshire £242,624 £233,326 4.0%
East Riding of Yorkshire £180,796 £176,690 2.3%
East Staffordshire £182,274 £180,213 1.1%
East Sussex £281,048 £281,061 0.0%
Eastbourne £243,025 £243,029 0.0%
Eastleigh £284,168 £281,673 0.9%
Eden £211,419 £212,520 -0.5%
Elmbridge £587,790 £598,289 -1.8%
Enfield £390,314 £397,849 -1.9%
Epping Forest £457,333 £473,802 -3.5%
Epsom and Ewell £455,356 £462,751 -1.6%
Erewash £169,713 £161,917 4.8%
Essex £311,815 £312,482 -0.2%
Exeter £256,321 £255,063 0.5%
Fareham £291,853 £295,898 -1.4%
Fenland £190,266 £185,159 2.8%
Folkestone and Hythe £253,689 £254,460 -0.3%
Forest Heath £225,924 £207,702 8.8%
Forest of Dean £239,371 £230,266 4.0%
Fylde £188,115 £188,598 -0.3%
Gateshead £134,834 £130,809 3.1%
Gedling £187,506 £180,675 3.8%
Gloucester £205,316 £199,783 2.8%
Gloucestershire £269,982 £262,867 2.7%
Gosport £211,937 £205,442 3.2%
Gravesham £282,990 £283,816 -0.3%
Great Yarmouth £171,116 £166,440 2.8%
Greenwich £405,020 £389,348 4.0%
Guildford £435,982 £447,320 -2.5%
Hackney £566,489 £553,833 2.3%
Halton £146,997 £137,953 6.6%
Hambleton £228,282 £230,205 -0.8%
Hammersmith and Fulham £746,230 £736,864 1.3%
Hampshire £308,715 £314,145 -1.7%
Harborough £296,806 £277,936 6.8%
Haringey £561,200 £555,991 0.9%
Harlow £272,332 £272,843 -0.2%
Harrogate £289,474 £288,142 0.5%
Harrow £461,062 £464,941 -0.8%
Hart £406,649 £396,551 2.5%
Hartlepool £109,458 £105,976 3.3%
Hastings £214,890 £211,590 1.6%
Havant £270,005 £262,771 2.8%
Havering £371,023 £373,762 -0.7%
Herefordshire £239,270 £239,415 -0.1%
Hertfordshire £399,017 £399,544 -0.1%
Hertsmere £451,910 £463,690 -2.5%
High Peak £196,024 £194,856 0.6%
Hillingdon £407,761 £416,300 -2.1%
Hinckley and Bosworth £216,992 £214,246 1.3%
Horsham £364,775 £369,836 -1.4%
Hounslow £394,436 £404,184 -2.4%
Huntingdonshire £274,813 £261,136 5.2%
Hyndburn £94,019 £97,653 -3.7%
Ipswich £196,697 £201,193 -2.2%
Isle of Wight £215,708 £211,397 2.0%
Islington £638,991 £677,798 -5.7%
Kensington And Chelsea £1,295,861 £1,334,876 -2.9%
Kent £294,538 £292,643 0.6%
Kettering £202,090 £203,747 -0.8%
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk £218,657 £212,912 2.7%
Kingston upon Thames £504,772 £510,219 -1.1%
Kirklees £150,555 £148,402 1.5%
Knowsley £129,005 £127,878 0.9%
Lambeth £508,137 £512,374 -0.8%
Lancashire £143,976 £143,531 0.3%
Lancaster £158,781 £151,749 4.6%
Leeds £184,068 £182,330 1.0%
Leicester £177,140 £169,342 4.6%
Leicestershire £230,458 £223,734 3.0%
Lewes £318,745 £328,232 -2.9%
Lewisham £399,485 £413,641 -3.4%
Lichfield £239,589 £248,284 -3.5%
Lincoln £153,770 £149,303 3.0%
Lincolnshire £185,908 £182,877 1.7%
Liverpool £133,117 £133,087 0.0%
Luton £235,402 £238,186 -1.2%
Maidstone £294,373 £296,893 -0.8%
Maldon £345,781 £340,077 1.7%
Malvern Hills £273,698 £252,752 8.3%
Manchester £177,163 £177,254 -0.1%
Mansfield £139,537 £133,682 4.4%
Medway £245,626 £246,182 -0.2%
Melton £230,969 £227,340 1.6%
Mendip £258,256 £252,884 2.1%
Merton £507,087 £532,752 -4.8%
Mid Devon £226,964 £229,000 -0.9%
Mid Suffolk £259,736 £268,496 -3.3%
Mid Sussex £370,437 £375,166 -1.3%
Middlesbrough £108,907 £113,484 -4.0%
Milton Keynes £255,009 £264,744 -3.7%
Mole Valley £468,038 £498,965 -6.2%
New Forest £329,030 £341,546 -3.7%
Newark and Sherwood £189,492 £178,684 6.0%
Newcastle upon Tyne £158,300 £159,399 -0.7%
Newcastle-under-Lyme £158,309 £153,688 3.0%
Newham £333,125 £368,343 -9.6%
Norfolk £228,621 £223,722 2.2%
North Devon £251,720 £219,195 14.8%
North Dorset £256,653 £263,633 -2.6%
North East Derbyshire £190,532 £182,291 4.5%
North East Lincolnshire £127,258 £122,522 3.9%
North Hertfordshire £337,732 £348,992 -3.2%
North Kesteven £208,502 £206,460 1.0%
North Lincolnshire £148,905 £143,457 3.8%
North Norfolk £265,682 £254,798 4.3%
North Somerset £261,615 £258,294 1.3%
North Tyneside £165,757 £158,617 4.5%
North Warwickshire £201,154 £204,849 -1.8%
North West Leicestershire £201,982 £202,465 -0.2%
North Yorkshire £221,163 £218,567 1.2%
Northampton £213,076 £214,322 -0.6%
Northamptonshire £226,471 £228,672 -1.0%
Northumberland £150,019 £155,745 -3.7%
Norwich £201,635 £201,526 0.1%
Nottinghamshire £181,346 £173,644 4.4%
Nuneaton and Bedworth £178,446 £172,041 3.7%
Oadby and Wigston £221,345 £215,087 2.9%
Oldham £135,904 £129,632 4.8%
Oxford £399,871 £414,056 -3.4%
Oxfordshire £345,482 £354,270 -2.5%
Pendle £98,849 £98,641 0.2%
Poole £312,835 £316,840 -1.3%
Portsmouth £207,640 £209,622 -0.9%
Preston £125,490 £126,648 -0.9%
Purbeck £317,803 £315,629 0.7%
Reading £294,774 £303,309 -2.8%
Redbridge £422,970 £424,170 -0.3%
Redcar and Cleveland £120,974 £122,339 -1.1%
Redditch £205,488 £202,461 1.5%
Reigate and Banstead £404,000 £419,400 -3.7%
Ribble Valley £219,566 £219,698 -0.1%
Richmond upon Thames £670,233 £662,605 1.2%
Richmondshire £217,017 £204,398 6.2%
Rochdale £144,534 £133,133 8.6%
Rochford £346,314 £339,786 1.9%
Rossendale £140,621 £135,866 3.5%
Rother £293,928 £293,750 0.1%
Rotherham £144,034 £137,466 4.8%
Rugby £236,238 £232,291 1.7%
Runnymede £406,005 £415,978 -2.4%
Rushcliffe £287,431 £270,802 6.1%
Rushmoor £273,898 £289,158 -5.3%
Rutland £302,019 £295,783 2.1%
Ryedale £227,503 £231,658 -1.8%
Salford £170,716 £157,936 8.1%
Sandwell £155,587 £147,961 5.2%
Scarborough £165,497 £161,178 2.7%
Sedgemoor £225,215 £224,706 0.2%
Sefton £168,349 £159,561 5.5%
Selby £197,966 £199,303 -0.7%
Sevenoaks £433,690 £430,993 0.6%
Sheffield £168,038 £162,632 3.3%
Shropshire £216,639 £211,564 2.4%
Slough £308,541 £312,088 -1.1%
Solihull £283,174 £287,306 -1.4%
Somerset £237,048 £231,612 2.3%
South Bucks £575,765 £590,375 -2.5%
South Cambridgeshire £379,169 £372,834 1.7%
South Derbyshire £188,337 £192,174 -2.0%
South Gloucestershire £279,781 £274,386 2.0%
South Hams £301,933 £292,968 3.1%
South Holland £191,687 £189,814 1.0%
South Kesteven £218,078 £214,077 1.9%
South Lakeland £244,644 £226,409 8.1%
South Norfolk £260,570 £257,887 1.0%
South Northamptonshire £317,970 £316,197 0.6%
South Oxfordshire £403,402 £403,620 -0.1%
South Ribble £167,172 £169,463 -1.4%
South Somerset £234,395 £224,685 4.3%
South Staffordshire £224,762 £222,123 1.2%
South Tyneside £133,215 £132,164 0.8%
Southampton £203,430 £209,777 -3.0%
Southend-on-Sea £284,152 £282,015 0.8%
Southwark £496,612 £501,446 -1.0%
Spelthorne £365,697 £376,318 -2.8%
St Albans £530,004 £517,980 2.3%
St Edmundsbury £286,800 £291,456 -1.6%
St Helens £128,407 £128,755 -0.3%
Stafford £207,131 £199,066 4.1%
Staffordshire £191,203 £187,689 1.9%
Staffordshire Moorlands £179,803 £173,615 3.6%
Stevenage £296,948 £281,032 5.7%
Stockport £229,594 £222,902 3.0%
Stockton-on-Tees £138,641 £137,282 1.0%
Stoke-on-Trent £112,199 £107,722 4.2%
Stratford-on-Avon £306,242 £319,240 -4.1%
Stroud £285,882 £272,937 4.7%
Suffolk £245,650 £245,000 0.3%
Suffolk Coastal £286,728 £291,533 -1.6%
Sunderland £118,648 £114,941 3.2%
Surrey £439,364 £450,385 -2.4%
Surrey Heath £389,362 £393,665 -1.1%
Sutton £371,682 £385,780 -3.7%
Swale £249,999 £248,450 0.6%
Swindon £213,350 £217,103 -1.7%
Tameside £154,252 £145,969 5.7%
Tamworth £182,874 £181,230 0.9%
Tandridge £436,258 £461,798 -5.5%
Taunton Deane £239,962 £231,761 3.5%
Teignbridge £243,213 £250,097 -2.8%
Telford and Wrekin £162,750 £162,483 0.2%
Tendring £219,264 £219,080 0.1%
Test Valley £318,495 £320,133 -0.5%
Tewkesbury £278,394 £278,480 0.0%
Thanet £238,303 £237,974 0.1%
Three Rivers £511,229 £507,139 0.8%
Thurrock £268,077 £270,239 -0.8%
Tonbridge and Malling £364,475 £358,365 1.7%
Torbay £195,480 £193,202 1.2%
Torridge £228,557 £227,202 0.6%
Tower Hamlets £437,060 £448,966 -2.7%
Trafford £295,879 £273,210 8.3%
Tunbridge Wells £378,937 £392,535 -3.5%
Uttlesford £399,111 £401,677 -0.6%
Vale of White Horse £360,913 £351,237 2.8%
Wakefield £148,400 £145,686 1.9%
Walsall £165,554 £163,835 1.0%
Waltham Forest £416,460 £444,867 -6.4%
Wandsworth £585,529 £599,239 -2.3%
Warrington £198,657 £189,372 4.9%
Warwick £309,420 £306,146 1.1%
Warwickshire £249,964 £249,081 0.4%
Watford £347,988 £349,987 -0.6%
Waveney £203,061 £193,568 4.9%
Waverley £468,849 £466,189 0.6%
Wealden £338,687 £337,398 0.4%
Wellingborough £210,249 £216,993 -3.1%
Welwyn Hatfield £398,474 £387,355 2.9%
West Berkshire £353,284 £355,309 -0.6%
West Devon £259,831 £238,764 8.8%
West Dorset £280,174 £288,243 -2.8%
West Lancashire £185,979 £187,759 -0.9%
West Lindsey £165,829 £168,467 -1.6%
West Oxfordshire £309,069 £331,192 -6.7%
West Somerset £221,490 £225,691 -1.9%
West Sussex £323,843 £324,525 -0.2%
Weymouth and Portland £228,962 £222,139 3.1%
Wigan £138,410 £131,830 5.0%
Wiltshire £276,337 £276,179 0.1%
Winchester £405,424 £419,312 -3.3%
Windsor and Maidenhead £473,866 £493,400 -4.0%
Wirral £160,451 £159,871 0.4%
Woking £413,096 £417,449 -1.0%
Wokingham £416,717 £414,693 0.5%
Wolverhampton £154,589 £149,984 3.1%
Worcester £209,865 £209,212 0.3%
Worcestershire £238,885 £233,869 2.1%
Worthing £285,775 £275,105 3.9%
Wychavon £269,322 £269,696 -0.1%
Wycombe £405,676 £400,049 1.4%
Wyre £146,723 £150,514 -2.5%
Wyre Forest £194,785 £188,006 3.6%
York £257,705 £252,866 1.9%
England £248,837 £247,981 0.3%

Average price by local authority for England

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

In July 2019, 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 £84,000.

3.2 Annual price change by London borough

Annual price change by London borough

London borough July 2019 July 2018 Difference
Barking and Dagenham £295,875 £294,953 0.3%
Barnet £507,598 £523,397 -3.0%
Bexley £336,807 £345,693 -2.6%
Brent £465,422 £505,028 -7.8%
Bromley £437,580 £440,996 -0.8%
Camden £917,594 £837,712 9.5%
City of London £743,181 £809,697 -8.2%
City of Westminster £956,783 £966,625 -1.0%
Croydon £359,504 £374,361 -4.0%
Ealing £477,206 £478,376 -0.2%
Enfield £390,314 £397,849 -1.9%
Greenwich £405,020 £389,348 4.0%
Hackney £566,489 £553,833 2.3%
Hammersmith and Fulham £746,230 £736,864 1.3%
Haringey £561,200 £555,991 0.9%
Harrow £461,062 £464,941 -0.8%
Havering £371,023 £373,762 -0.7%
Hillingdon £407,761 £416,300 -2.1%
Hounslow £394,436 £404,184 -2.4%
Islington £638,991 £677,798 -5.7%
Kensington And Chelsea £1,295,861 £1,334,876 -2.9%
Kingston upon Thames £504,772 £510,219 -1.1%
Lambeth £508,137 £512,374 -0.8%
Lewisham £399,485 £413,641 -3.4%
Merton £507,087 £532,752 -4.8%
Newham £333,125 £368,343 -9.6%
Redbridge £422,970 £424,170 -0.3%
Richmond upon Thames £670,233 £662,605 1.2%
Southwark £496,612 £501,446 -1.0%
Sutton £371,682 £385,780 -3.7%
Tower Hamlets £437,060 £448,966 -2.7%
Waltham Forest £416,460 £444,867 -6.4%
Wandsworth £585,529 £599,239 -2.3%

Average price by London borough

A heat map showing average price by London borough.

In July 2019, 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 £296,000.

3.3 Average price change by property type

Average price change by property type for England

Property type July 2019 July 2018 Difference
Detached £375,593 £376,383 -0.2%
Semi-detached £232,963 £231,083 0.8%
Terraced £202,253 £200,525 0.9%
Flat or maisonette £227,828 £228,677 -0.4%
All £248,837 £247,981 0.3%

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 May 2019 May 2018
Adur 65 72
Allerdale 110 120
Amber Valley 167 181
Arun 202 262
Ashfield 176 150
Ashford 182 179
Aylesbury Vale 213 262
Babergh 99 110
Barking and Dagenham 104 166
Barnet 254 245
Barnsley 310 360
Barrow-in-Furness 112 138
Basildon 202 231
Basingstoke and Deane 260 215
Bassetlaw 145 168
Bath and North East Somerset 194 249
Bedford 156 184
Bexley 224 235
Birmingham 936 1,008
Blaby 102 150
Blackburn with Darwen 160 152
Blackpool 172 199
Bolsover 97 87
Bolton 333 306
Boston 83 79
Bournemouth 267 259
Bracknell Forest 149 182
Bradford 536 506
Braintree 153 228
Breckland 175 206
Brent 126 138
Brentwood 81 110
Brighton and Hove 239 277
Broadland 171 186
Bromley 325 354
Bromsgrove 130 142
Broxbourne 91 141
Broxtowe 137 149
Buckinghamshire 531 655
Burnley 105 150
Bury 205 235
Calderdale 266 252
Cambridge 86 82
Cambridgeshire 665 837
Camden 91 142
Cannock Chase 133 138
Canterbury 164 169
Carlisle 158 167
Castle Point 91 122
Central Bedfordshire 331 452
Charnwood 241 282
Chelmsford 197 225
Cheltenham 151 219
Cherwell 156 216
Cheshire East 481 582
Cheshire West and Chester 461 534
Chesterfield 125 135
Chichester 118 139
Chiltern 87 105
Chorley 139 182
Christchurch 60 86
City of Bristol 498 560
City of Derby 208 293
City of Kingston upon Hull 284 283
City of London 6 19
City of Nottingham 313 337
City of Peterborough 225 275
City of Plymouth 357 366
City of Westminster 132 152
Colchester 231 349
Copeland 92 86
Corby 76 120
Cornwall 681 813
Cotswold 99 127
County Durham 642 687
Coventry 250 376
Craven 73 95
Crawley 111 131
Croydon 280 329
Cumbria 720 736
Dacorum 134 165
Darlington 118 131
Dartford 125 236
Daventry 110 114
Derbyshire 1,026 1,130
Derbyshire Dales 87 90
Devon 976 1,164
Doncaster 379 388
Dorset 520 597
Dover 146 166
Dudley 354 338
Ealing 193 220
East Cambridgeshire 81 137
East Devon 184 215
East Dorset 103 90
East Hampshire 139 154
East Hertfordshire 127 212
East Lindsey 168 205
East Northamptonshire 132 137
East Riding of Yorkshire 475 586
East Staffordshire 156 166
East Sussex 674 769
Eastbourne 142 172
Eastleigh 168 204
Eden 83 75
Elmbridge 163 168
Enfield 151 200
Epping Forest 109 150
Epsom and Ewell 87 101
Erewash 136 174
Essex 1,658 2,115
Exeter 123 165
Fareham 126 181
Fenland 136 167
Folkestone and Hythe 120 169
Forest Heath 91 97
Forest of Dean 84 121
Fylde 133 131
Gateshead 192 222
Gedling 152 169
Gloucester 152 194
Gloucestershire 754 1,008
Gosport 96 110
Gravesham 92 119
Great Yarmouth 162 134
Greenwich 225 318
Guildford 108 157
Hackney 123 154
Halton 141 133
Hambleton 101 124
Hammersmith and Fulham 120 204
Hampshire 1,578 1,809
Harborough 128 154
Haringey 136 206
Harlow 80 96
Harrogate 156 251
Harrow 156 147
Hart 113 128
Hartlepool 127 107
Hastings 133 136
Havant 117 147
Havering 211 257
Herefordshire 187 232
Hertfordshire 1,087 1,337
Hertsmere 123 109
High Peak 104 123
Hillingdon 230 204
Hinckley and Bosworth 147 171
Horsham 166 195
Hounslow 123 155
Huntingdonshire 227 285
Hyndburn 113 93
Ipswich 135 198
Isle of Wight 150 222
Islington 131 131
Kensington And Chelsea 102 86
Kent 1,778 2,067
Kettering 96 136
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 190 206
Kingston upon Thames 149 165
Kirklees 470 518
Knowsley 144 170
Lambeth 248 278
Lancashire 1,603 1,658
Lancaster 221 220
Leeds 916 1,022
Leicester 227 295
Leicestershire 926 1,079
Lewes 116 123
Lewisham 202 246
Lichfield 114 140
Lincoln 125 144
Lincolnshire 1,005 1,123
Liverpool 447 548
Luton 145 157
Maidstone 154 230
Maldon 73 88
Malvern Hills 73 113
Manchester 441 515
Mansfield 133 165
Medway 291 377
Melton 76 49
Mendip 123 130
Merton 165 193
Mid Devon 90 135
Mid Suffolk 109 137
Mid Sussex 158 188
Middlesbrough 167 158
Milton Keynes 296 327
Mole Valley 80 116
New Forest 170 229
Newark and Sherwood 179 196
Newcastle upon Tyne 284 314
Newcastle-under-Lyme 130 145
Newham 128 261
Norfolk 1,227 1,399
North Devon 130 155
North Dorset 64 114
North East Derbyshire 121 129
North East Lincolnshire 188 221
North Hertfordshire 130 148
North Kesteven 174 163
North Lincolnshire 201 236
North Norfolk 136 200
North Somerset 260 304
North Tyneside 280 322
North Warwickshire 69 72
North West Leicestershire 127 190
North Yorkshire 805 951
Northampton 284 313
Northamptonshire 930 1,061
Northumberland 405 500
Norwich 162 234
Nottinghamshire 1,118 1,177
Nuneaton and Bedworth 188 175
Oadby and Wigston 81 83
Oldham 257 235
Oxford 85 104
Oxfordshire 681 831
Pendle 108 113
Poole 228 229
Portsmouth 216 242
Preston 138 170
Purbeck 48 49
Reading 146 179
Redbridge 181 204
Redcar and Cleveland 147 178
Redditch 104 99
Reigate and Banstead 178 156
Ribble Valley 62 90
Richmond upon Thames 189 193
Richmondshire 55 77
Rochdale 238 235
Rochford 78 115
Rossendale 110 72
Rother 109 129
Rotherham 302 272
Rugby 153 155
Runnymede 105 96
Rushcliffe 148 180
Rushmoor 71 105
Rutland 46 41
Ryedale 63 61
Salford 344 347
Sandwell 248 289
Scarborough 167 178
Sedgemoor 152 183
Sefton 307 326
Selby 157 165
Sevenoaks 124 145
Sheffield 515 577
Shropshire 358 424
Slough 64 148
Solihull 223 296
Somerset 698 813
South Bucks 66 71
South Cambridgeshire 129 166
South Derbyshire 170 211
South Gloucestershire 326 363
South Hams 122 132
South Holland 117 140
South Kesteven 177 242
South Lakeland 157 150
South Norfolk 219 232
South Northamptonshire 120 158
South Oxfordshire 163 197
South Ribble 169 142
South Somerset 229 267
South Staffordshire 114 111
South Tyneside 139 151
Southampton 252 274
Southend-on-Sea 198 281
Southwark 208 321
Spelthorne 97 113
St Albans 145 166
St Edmundsbury 117 145
St Helens 209 209
Stafford 176 187
Staffordshire 1,059 1,096
Staffordshire Moorlands 114 108
Stevenage 71 89
Stockport 337 418
Stockton-on-Tees 237 272
Stoke-on-Trent 319 288
Stratford-on-Avon 160 184
Stroud 134 160
Suffolk 899 1,021
Suffolk Coastal 155 180
Sunderland 273 259
Surrey 1,214 1,384
Surrey Heath 91 95
Sutton 161 209
Swale 161 182
Swindon 293 377
Tameside 238 297
Tamworth 90 101
Tandridge 73 95
Taunton Deane 138 191
Teignbridge 182 182
Telford and Wrekin 213 224
Tendring 202 247
Test Valley 135 148
Tewkesbury 109 187
Thanet 169 196
Three Rivers 67 83
Thurrock 158 213
Tonbridge and Malling 162 181
Torbay 256 255
Torridge 77 109
Tower Hamlets 157 218
Trafford 284 325
Tunbridge Wells 128 95
Uttlesford 92 154
Vale of White Horse 126 162
Wakefield 359 493
Walsall 278 269
Waltham Forest 162 217
Wandsworth 299 413
Warrington 264 269
Warwick 181 245
Warwickshire 753 831
Watford 68 108
Waveney 171 154
Waverley 117 150
Wealden 167 209
Wellingborough 86 83
Welwyn Hatfield 96 116
West Berkshire 163 175
West Devon 55 71
West Dorset 140 158
West Lancashire 117 123
West Lindsey 155 150
West Oxfordshire 106 152
West Somerset 37 42
West Sussex 992 1,143
Weymouth and Portland 100 100
Wigan 383 464
Wiltshire 614 679
Winchester 130 142
Windsor and Maidenhead 136 134
Wirral 351 437
Woking 94 137
Wokingham 189 241
Wolverhampton 211 230
Worcester 133 166
Worcestershire 729 856
Worthing 140 156
Wychavon 149 230
Wycombe 150 217
Wyre 176 172
Wyre Forest 127 106
York 203 276
England 59,556 67,590

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

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

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for May 2018 with the provisional estimate for May 2019, volume transactions increased by 2.6% 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 0.4% in England in the year to May 2019.

4.2 Sales volumes by London borough

Sales volumes by London borough

London borough May 2019 May 2018
Barking and Dagenham 104 166
Barnet 254 245
Bexley 224 235
Brent 126 138
Bromley 325 354
Camden 91 142
City of London 6 19
City of Westminster 132 152
Croydon 280 329
Ealing 193 220
Enfield 151 200
Greenwich 225 318
Hackney 123 154
Hammersmith and Fulham 120 204
Haringey 136 206
Harrow 156 147
Havering 211 257
Hillingdon 230 204
Hounslow 123 155
Islington 131 131
Kensington And Chelsea 102 86
Kingston upon Thames 149 165
Lambeth 248 278
Lewisham 202 246
Merton 165 193
Newham 128 261
Redbridge 181 204
Richmond upon Thames 189 193
Southwark 208 321
Sutton 161 209
Tower Hamlets 157 218
Waltham Forest 162 217
Wandsworth 299 413

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

The estimate for May 2019 is calculated based on around 85% of the final registered transactions. The number of property transactions for May 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
May 2015 72,232
May 2016 60,179
May 2017 69,176
May 2018 67,590
May 2019 59,556

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for May 2018 with the provisional estimate for May 2019, volume transactions increased by 2.6% 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 0.4% in England in the year to May 2019.

4.4 Sales volumes for London

Sales volumes for London over the past 5 years

Date Sales volumes for London
May 2015 9,059
May 2016 6,617
May 2017 7,874
May 2018 6,980
May 2019 5,917

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 May 2019 Average existing May 2019 New build monthly change Existing monthly change New build annual change Existing annual change
London £474,404 £464,372 -2.7% -1.1% -3.4% -2.8%
North East £186,871 £124,645 -1.0% 0.2% 1.7% -0.1%
East Midlands £258,806 £187,802 -0.9% 0.6% 2.8% 1.9%
East of England £360,264 £285,673 -0.7% 0.7% 1.9% 0.7%
North West £219,614 £161,311 -0.2% 1.4% 4.3% 3.4%
South East £372,272 £316,721 -1.1% 0.1% 0.6% -0.8%
South West £297,521 £250,144 -1.5% -0.1% 2.4% 0.6%
West Midlands £266,200 £194,246 -0.8% 1.2% 4.5% 3.5%
Yorkshire and The Humber £204,897 £159,890 -0.9% 0.5% 3.1% 1.7%
England £302,142 £242,166 -1.1% 0.4% 1.6% 0.9%

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 July 2019 Average former owner occupier price July 2019 First time buyer monthly change Former owner occupier monthly change First time buyer annual change Former owner occupier annual change
London £417,824 £539,459 1.2% 0.7% -1.3% -1.6%
North East £109,756 £144,605 -1.7% -2.5% -2.6% -3.2%
East Midlands £164,175 £219,677 0.6% 0.1% 2.2% 1.6%
East of England £244,106 £328,832 0.4% -0.2% -0.3% -0.7%
North West £140,299 £187,932 1.4% 0.6% 2.5% 1.9%
South East £257,519 £369,747 -0.2% -1.1% -1.6% -2.4%
South West £213,991 £290,271 1.7% 0.7% 1.1% 0.3%
West Midlands £167,646 £227,643 1.9% 0.5% 2.4% 1.1%
Yorkshire and The Humber £143,848 £187,408 2.3% 1.5% 3.5% 2.8%
England £209,289 £281,680 0.9% 0.1% 0.7% 0.0%

7. Funding status

Cash and mortgage indicator for England by region

Region Average cash price July 2019 Average mortgage price July 2019 Cash monthly change Mortgage monthly change Cash annual change Mortgage annual change
London £502,685 £470,331 1.4% 0.9% -1.4% -1.4%
North East £116,351 £133,772 -2.7% -1.7% -3.8% -2.4%
East Midlands £188,662 £197,861 0.7% 0.2% 1.9% 1.9%
East of England £277,368 £299,806 -0.2% 0.2% -0.7% -0.4%
North West £152,880 £173,050 0.9% 1.1% 1.9% 2.5%
South East £305,958 £327,711 -0.9% -0.6% -2.1% -2.0%
South West £254,347 £261,281 0.8% 1.4% 0.2% 0.9%
West Midlands £190,889 £203,913 0.8% 1.3% 1.3% 2.0%
Yorkshire and The Humber £161,283 £170,245 2.2% 1.7% 3.3% 3.1%
England £233,891 £256,347 0.4% 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%

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 May 2019
East Midlands 51
East of England 11
London 51
North East 84
North West 140
South East 89
South West 45
West Midlands 61
Yorkshire and The Humber 85
England 617
A heat map showing repossessions in England.

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