National statistics

UK House Price Index England: July 2020

Published 7 October 2020

Applies to England

1. Headline statistics for July 2020

The average price of a property in England was £254,688

The annual price change of a property in England was 2.5%

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

The index figure for England (January 2015 = 100) was 125.6

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 August 2020 UK HPI will be published at 9.30am on Wednesday 21 October 2020. See the calendar of release dates for more information).

2. Economic statement

England house prices grew by 2.5% in the year to July 2020, down from 2.9% in June 2020. England house prices were growing faster than the UK rate of 2.3% in the year to July 2020. The West Midlands was the fastest growing region with annual growth of 4.3% in the year to July 2020. The lowest annual growth was in the South East, where prices increased by 1.0% over the year to July 2020.

On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England increased by 0.7% between June 2020 and July 2020, compared with a rise of 1.1% during the same period a year earlier (June 2019 and July 2019). On a seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England decreased by 0.2% between June 2020 and July 2020.

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for May 2019 with the provisional estimate for May 2020, volume transactions decreased by 56.1% in England. UK volume transactions decreased by 58.6% 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 49.9% in England in the year to May 2020.

Across England, semi-detached houses showed the biggest increase out of all property types, growing by 3.7% in the year to July 2020 to £241,000. The lowest annual change was in flats and maisonettes which decreased by 0.5% in the year to July 2020 to £226,000.

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 2.5% in the year to July 2020, down from 2.9% in June 2020.

In London, average house prices increased by 1.3% in the year to July 2020, down from an increase of 3.0% 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 July 2020 July 2019 Difference
Adur £312,890 £319,186 -2.0%
Allerdale £159,870 £153,437 4.2%
Amber Valley £183,211 £175,930 4.1%
Arun £282,299 £281,200 0.4%
Ashfield £151,015 £145,068 4.1%
Ashford £294,801 £295,161 -0.1%
Aylesbury Vale £330,183 £320,752 2.9%
Babergh £283,169 £286,423 -1.1%
Barking and Dagenham £304,518 £297,225 2.5%
Barnet £525,564 £514,203 2.2%
Barnsley £130,350 £124,725 4.5%
Barrow-in-Furness £124,752 £123,423 1.1%
Basildon £315,871 £306,306 3.1%
Basingstoke and Deane £294,004 £288,398 1.9%
Bassetlaw £159,852 £154,539 3.4%
Bath and North East Somerset £343,188 £332,221 3.3%
Bedford £283,779 £283,804 0.0%
Bexley £342,781 £338,581 1.2%
Birmingham £191,231 £187,647 1.9%
Blaby £240,578 £231,535 3.9%
Blackburn with Darwen £115,756 £116,173 -0.4%
Blackpool £106,222 £106,217 0.0%
Bolsover £140,324 £129,218 8.6%
Bolton £141,507 £138,501 2.2%
Boston £156,108 £161,458 -3.3%
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole £288,398 £280,566 2.8%
Bracknell Forest £336,521 £332,914 1.1%
Bradford £137,992 £138,483 -0.4%
Braintree £283,256 £280,605 0.9%
Breckland £226,843 £223,772 1.4%
Brent £483,737 £472,809 2.3%
Brentwood £424,020 £425,689 -0.4%
Brighton and Hove £372,694 £363,731 2.5%
Broadland £273,612 £262,221 4.3%
Bromley £437,521 £433,306 1.0%
Bromsgrove £289,961 £294,507 -1.5%
Broxbourne £341,653 £357,575 -4.5%
Broxtowe £197,978 £187,744 5.5%
Buckinghamshire £401,386 £400,685 0.2%
Burnley £91,472 £84,418 8.4%
Bury £191,677 £178,575 7.3%
Calderdale £148,902 £146,556 1.6%
Cambridge £450,823 £430,264 4.8%
Cambridgeshire £296,017 £295,119 0.3%
Camden £823,801 £894,898 -7.9%
Cannock Chase £175,160 £168,174 4.2%
Canterbury £310,211 £298,705 3.9%
Carlisle £137,125 £132,097 3.8%
Castle Point £299,945 £302,107 -0.7%
Central Bedfordshire £305,690 £299,531 2.1%
Charnwood £226,594 £222,292 1.9%
Chelmsford £338,477 £340,806 -0.7%
Cheltenham £280,570 £272,715 2.9%
Cherwell £289,548 £281,550 2.8%
Cheshire East £228,170 £226,080 0.9%
Cheshire West and Chester £208,901 £206,172 1.3%
Chesterfield £169,281 £161,163 5.0%
Chichester £383,339 £381,818 0.4%
Chiltern £551,299 £544,711 1.2%
Chorley £183,427 £181,781 0.9%
City of Bristol £291,839 £275,142 6.1%
City of Derby £162,776 £160,137 1.6%
City of Kingston upon Hull £116,876 £114,494 2.1%
City of London £786,760 £755,626 4.1%
City of Nottingham £154,976 £142,574 8.7%
City of Peterborough £195,759 £191,693 2.1%
City of Plymouth £179,576 £174,506 2.9%
City of Westminster £894,042 £944,870 -5.4%
Colchester £264,477 £264,900 -0.2%
Copeland £126,617 £118,977 6.4%
Corby £193,414 £187,061 3.4%
Cornwall £240,783 £233,543 3.1%
Cotswold £397,826 £390,932 1.8%
County Durham £102,431 £102,868 -0.4%
Coventry £189,933 £187,031 1.6%
Craven £229,497 £213,346 7.6%
Crawley £274,553 £282,668 -2.9%
Croydon £374,608 £365,433 2.5%
Cumbria £159,952 £157,516 1.5%
Dacorum £398,141 £394,496 0.9%
Darlington £125,932 £132,007 -4.6%
Dartford £305,126 £302,307 0.9%
Daventry £279,733 £266,267 5.1%
Derbyshire £186,872 £178,165 4.9%
Derbyshire Dales £279,413 £258,384 8.1%
Devon £261,390 £259,444 0.7%
Doncaster £137,416 £128,537 6.9%
Dorset £290,161 £285,015 1.8%
Dover £249,914 £249,642 0.1%
Dudley £188,212 £179,994 4.6%
Ealing £480,254 £474,898 1.1%
East Cambridgeshire £289,848 £291,562 -0.6%
East Devon £283,638 £287,022 -1.2%
East Hampshire £375,843 £366,501 2.5%
East Hertfordshire £395,218 £385,924 2.4%
East Lindsey £176,948 £175,864 0.6%
East Northamptonshire £242,109 £241,100 0.4%
East Riding of Yorkshire £184,312 £180,463 2.1%
East Staffordshire £188,948 £180,266 4.8%
East Suffolk £250,709 £242,605 3.3%
East Sussex £280,581 £279,075 0.5%
Eastbourne £239,334 £243,760 -1.8%
Eastleigh £282,748 £278,518 1.5%
Eden £197,086 £205,559 -4.1%
Elmbridge £586,596 £581,746 0.8%
Enfield £387,144 £387,054 0.0%
Epping Forest £471,640 £456,703 3.3%
Epsom and Ewell £474,274 £448,219 5.8%
Erewash £172,132 £166,292 3.5%
Essex £313,754 £311,795 0.6%
Exeter £261,377 £258,503 1.1%
Fareham £301,003 £292,434 2.9%
Fenland £192,306 £186,929 2.9%
Folkestone and Hythe £253,042 £255,376 -0.9%
Forest of Dean £244,369 £239,235 2.1%
Fylde £199,245 £192,944 3.3%
Gateshead £130,696 £133,649 -2.2%
Gedling £196,778 £186,297 5.6%
Gloucester £207,669 £203,045 2.3%
Gloucestershire £274,419 £267,139 2.7%
Gosport £211,700 £212,562 -0.4%
Gravesham £281,857 £279,011 1.0%
Great Yarmouth £173,159 £173,515 -0.2%
Greenwich £393,070 £397,353 -1.1%
Guildford £437,568 £444,521 -1.6%
Hackney £592,879 £558,034 6.2%
Halton £147,905 £144,885 2.1%
Hambleton £236,243 £227,813 3.7%
Hammersmith and Fulham £769,374 £724,849 6.1%
Hampshire £314,806 £309,265 1.8%
Harborough £296,712 £292,673 1.4%
Haringey £554,018 £550,459 0.6%
Harlow £273,412 £268,233 1.9%
Harrogate £288,404 £284,650 1.3%
Harrow £460,497 £446,311 3.2%
Hart £410,925 £400,088 2.7%
Hartlepool £113,223 £110,260 2.7%
Hastings £213,677 £212,808 0.4%
Havant £272,328 £265,829 2.4%
Havering £377,819 £367,644 2.8%
Herefordshire £249,104 £237,165 5.0%
Hertfordshire £399,233 £395,084 1.1%
Hertsmere £460,581 £465,579 -1.1%
High Peak £209,186 £192,397 8.7%
Hillingdon £409,989 £398,494 2.9%
Hinckley and Bosworth £224,273 £221,231 1.4%
Horsham £374,425 £369,196 1.4%
Hounslow £410,425 £397,553 3.2%
Huntingdonshire £260,083 £262,579 -1.0%
Hyndburn £101,402 £96,357 5.2%
Ipswich £197,577 £194,782 1.4%
Isle of Wight £224,318 £216,312 3.7%
Islington £635,278 £630,553 0.7%
Kensington and Chelsea £1,249,531 £1,266,252 -1.3%
Kent £298,935 £293,279 1.9%
Kettering £197,975 £200,368 -1.2%
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk £220,646 £218,475 1.0%
Kingston upon Thames £489,921 £501,485 -2.3%
Kirklees £153,135 £150,648 1.7%
Knowsley £135,459 £131,562 3.0%
Lambeth £527,254 £510,036 3.4%
Lancashire £150,439 £145,438 3.4%
Lancaster £162,481 £155,761 4.3%
Leeds £195,239 £185,942 5.0%
Leicester £190,440 £176,434 7.9%
Leicestershire £235,864 £229,134 2.9%
Lewes £314,037 £320,482 -2.0%
Lewisham £427,181 £410,364 4.1%
Lichfield £257,384 £240,800 6.9%
Lincoln £156,881 £156,634 0.2%
Lincolnshire £186,465 £184,178 1.2%
Liverpool £139,442 £135,790 2.7%
Luton £225,646 £232,145 -2.8%
Maidstone £294,130 £288,491 2.0%
Maldon £332,215 £339,409 -2.1%
Malvern Hills £268,636 £273,528 -1.8%
Manchester £179,537 £178,676 0.5%
Mansfield £142,303 £138,152 3.0%
Medway £246,151 £242,408 1.5%
Melton £231,567 £225,180 2.8%
Mendip £258,261 £256,213 0.8%
Merton £529,257 £502,443 5.3%
Mid Devon £241,997 £230,708 4.9%
Mid Suffolk £268,319 £260,172 3.1%
Mid Sussex £369,125 £368,091 0.3%
Middlesbrough £117,620 £114,238 3.0%
Milton Keynes £263,324 £262,238 0.4%
Mole Valley £464,976 £473,589 -1.8%
New Forest £339,199 £332,312 2.1%
Newark and Sherwood £181,076 £183,506 -1.3%
Newcastle upon Tyne £163,254 £157,350 3.8%
Newcastle-under-Lyme £159,165 £160,749 -1.0%
Newham £381,275 £359,608 6.0%
Norfolk £231,314 £226,825 2.0%
North Devon £239,966 £246,147 -2.5%
North East Derbyshire £194,867 £187,257 4.1%
North East Lincolnshire £127,728 £124,920 2.2%
North Hertfordshire £346,411 £337,769 2.6%
North Kesteven £213,628 £207,449 3.0%
North Lincolnshire £155,116 £147,575 5.1%
North Norfolk £247,102 £257,727 -4.1%
North Somerset £269,462 £264,845 1.7%
North Tyneside £169,584 £162,443 4.4%
North Warwickshire £212,484 £202,907 4.7%
North West Leicestershire £216,050 £201,500 7.2%
North Yorkshire £227,335 £219,244 3.7%
Northampton £215,937 £214,032 0.9%
Northamptonshire £231,344 £227,501 1.7%
Northumberland £158,560 £153,351 3.4%
Norwich £204,540 £200,015 2.3%
Nottinghamshire £184,938 £178,685 3.5%
Nuneaton and Bedworth £181,055 £177,254 2.1%
Oadby and Wigston £226,693 £222,013 2.1%
Oldham £142,909 £135,899 5.2%
Oxford £405,233 £398,548 1.7%
Oxfordshire £356,366 £347,621 2.5%
Pendle £106,707 £100,088 6.6%
Portsmouth £212,103 £213,085 -0.5%
Preston £128,522 £128,128 0.3%
Reading £284,963 £292,191 -2.5%
Redbridge £413,871 £414,357 -0.1%
Redcar and Cleveland £119,480 £121,959 -2.0%
Redditch £219,570 £206,940 6.1%
Reigate and Banstead £420,532 £404,146 4.1%
Ribble Valley £223,164 £215,694 3.5%
Richmond upon Thames £694,885 £654,927 6.1%
Richmondshire £216,308 £210,400 2.8%
Rochdale £148,363 £142,626 4.0%
Rochford £357,735 £346,196 3.3%
Rossendale £143,483 £138,934 3.3%
Rother £301,293 £287,571 4.8%
Rotherham £143,988 £144,095 -0.1%
Rugby £249,532 £232,594 7.3%
Runnymede £420,307 £407,730 3.1%
Rushcliffe £294,308 £280,283 5.0%
Rushmoor £285,498 £284,212 0.5%
Rutland £329,473 £305,592 7.8%
Ryedale £250,299 £232,335 7.7%
Salford £169,451 £167,943 0.9%
Sandwell £159,302 £151,358 5.2%
Scarborough £170,564 £161,683 5.5%
Sedgemoor £230,752 £224,047 3.0%
Sefton £167,713 £167,425 0.2%
Selby £205,471 £202,514 1.5%
Sevenoaks £457,896 £429,212 6.7%
Sheffield £168,491 £165,483 1.8%
Shropshire £219,560 £213,007 3.1%
Slough £299,979 £305,913 -1.9%
Solihull £285,141 £280,280 1.7%
Somerset £238,172 £234,930 1.4%
Somerset West and Taunton £240,054 £231,325 3.8%
South Bucks £563,438 £580,665 -3.0%
South Cambridgeshire £373,534 £379,329 -1.5%
South Derbyshire £192,608 £190,708 1.0%
South Gloucestershire £279,956 £276,853 1.1%
South Hams £302,747 £300,862 0.6%
South Holland £190,212 £189,494 0.4%
South Kesteven £217,095 £214,460 1.2%
South Lakeland £235,780 £241,896 -2.5%
South Norfolk £273,771 £255,128 7.3%
South Northamptonshire £310,879 £309,681 0.4%
South Oxfordshire £425,625 £412,510 3.2%
South Ribble £177,844 £168,948 5.3%
South Somerset £229,905 £233,242 -1.4%
South Staffordshire £246,069 £232,095 6.0%
South Tyneside £131,082 £133,032 -1.5%
Southampton £215,597 £205,468 4.9%
Southend-on-Sea £287,173 £284,613 0.9%
Southwark £507,809 £499,270 1.7%
Spelthorne £364,085 £362,837 0.3%
St Albans £509,703 £501,415 1.7%
St Helens £139,490 £130,258 7.1%
Stafford £213,988 £206,088 3.8%
Staffordshire £199,947 £191,838 4.2%
Staffordshire Moorlands £189,380 £179,975 5.2%
Stevenage £286,123 £280,824 1.9%
Stockport £239,072 £229,215 4.3%
Stockton-on-Tees £133,581 £135,956 -1.7%
Stoke-on-Trent £115,579 £112,900 2.4%
Stratford-on-Avon £316,335 £304,660 3.8%
Stroud £286,701 £281,963 1.7%
Suffolk £250,332 £243,482 2.8%
Sunderland £118,578 £116,281 2.0%
Surrey £444,050 £438,305 1.3%
Surrey Heath £376,305 £391,510 -3.9%
Sutton £369,863 £372,358 -0.7%
Swale £258,714 £246,200 5.1%
Swindon £220,603 £212,669 3.7%
Tameside £158,011 £153,121 3.2%
Tamworth £193,446 £184,903 4.6%
Tandridge £453,313 £441,057 2.8%
Teignbridge £262,268 £247,485 6.0%
Telford and Wrekin £166,830 £162,816 2.5%
Tendring £217,767 £220,715 -1.3%
Test Valley £326,357 £320,134 1.9%
Tewkesbury £287,983 £272,867 5.5%
Thanet £244,826 £239,693 2.1%
Three Rivers £517,399 £507,614 1.9%
Thurrock £275,123 £265,226 3.7%
Tonbridge and Malling £378,782 £366,202 3.4%
Torbay £201,179 £197,887 1.7%
Torridge £227,721 £230,417 -1.2%
Tower Hamlets £446,865 £434,084 2.9%
Trafford £302,701 £289,246 4.7%
Tunbridge Wells £375,188 £380,972 -1.5%
Uttlesford £396,085 £394,119 0.5%
Vale of White Horse £351,419 £357,373 -1.7%
Wakefield £157,471 £149,902 5.0%
Walsall £175,406 £165,203 6.2%
Waltham Forest £450,187 £418,722 7.5%
Wandsworth £627,363 £585,383 7.2%
Warrington £197,384 £194,716 1.4%
Warwick £312,918 £312,114 0.3%
Warwickshire £257,531 £249,357 3.3%
Watford £359,979 £349,073 3.1%
Waverley £462,658 £450,889 2.6%
Wealden £338,665 £335,381 1.0%
Wellingborough £226,463 £213,017 6.3%
Welwyn Hatfield £392,645 £390,245 0.6%
West Berkshire £336,388 £349,208 -3.7%
West Devon £250,863 £256,674 -2.3%
West Lancashire £190,972 £187,490 1.9%
West Lindsey £171,220 £162,538 5.3%
West Oxfordshire £332,362 £310,568 7.0%
West Suffolk £271,039 £257,809 5.1%
West Sussex £320,676 £322,452 -0.6%
Wigan £141,069 £136,455 3.4%
Wiltshire £277,539 £271,209 2.3%
Winchester £413,479 £408,325 1.3%
Windsor and Maidenhead £475,741 £469,944 1.2%
Wirral £160,845 £159,804 0.7%
Woking £421,817 £414,025 1.9%
Wokingham £416,616 £405,570 2.7%
Wolverhampton £159,205 £152,086 4.7%
Worcester £208,847 £212,689 -1.8%
Worcestershire £242,208 £239,790 1.0%
Worthing £269,590 £279,129 -3.4%
Wychavon £274,532 £268,689 2.2%
Wycombe £388,510 £401,123 -3.1%
Wyre £152,563 £151,598 0.6%
Wyre Forest £199,178 £193,101 3.1%
York £256,123 £253,538 1.0%
England £254,688 £248,468 2.5%

Average price by local authority for England

In July 2020, the most expensive area to purchase a property was Kensington and Chelsea, where the average cost was £1.2 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 July 2020 July 2019 Difference
Barking and Dagenham £304,518 £297,225 2.5%
Barnet £525,564 £514,203 2.2%
Bexley £342,781 £338,581 1.2%
Brent £483,737 £472,809 2.3%
Bromley £437,521 £433,306 1.0%
Camden £823,801 £894,898 -7.9%
City of London £786,760 £755,626 4.1%
City of Westminster £894,042 £944,870 -5.4%
Croydon £374,608 £365,433 2.5%
Ealing £480,254 £474,898 1.1%
Enfield £387,144 £387,054 0.0%
Greenwich £393,070 £397,353 -1.1%
Hackney £592,879 £558,034 6.2%
Hammersmith and Fulham £769,374 £724,849 6.1%
Haringey £554,018 £550,459 0.6%
Harrow £460,497 £446,311 3.2%
Havering £377,819 £367,644 2.8%
Hillingdon £409,989 £398,494 2.9%
Hounslow £410,425 £397,553 3.2%
Islington £635,278 £630,553 0.7%
Kensington and Chelsea £1,249,531 £1,266,252 -1.3%
Kingston upon Thames £489,921 £501,485 -2.3%
Lambeth £527,254 £510,036 3.4%
Lewisham £427,181 £410,364 4.1%
Merton £529,257 £502,443 5.3%
Newham £381,275 £359,608 6.0%
Redbridge £413,871 £414,357 -0.1%
Richmond upon Thames £694,885 £654,927 6.1%
Southwark £507,809 £499,270 1.7%
Sutton £369,863 £372,358 -0.7%
Tower Hamlets £446,865 £434,084 2.9%
Waltham Forest £450,187 £418,722 7.5%
Wandsworth £627,363 £585,383 7.2%

Average price by London borough

In July 2020, the most expensive borough to purchase a property was Kensington and Chelsea, where the average cost was £1.2 million. In contrast, the cheapest borough to purchase a property was Barking and Dagenham, where the average cost was £305,000

3.3 Average price change by property type

Average price change by property type for England

Property type July 2020 July 2019 Difference
Detached £386,985 £375,878 3.0%
Semi-detached £241,251 £232,701 3.7%
Terraced £207,347 £201,611 2.8%
Flat or maisonette £226,190 £227,260 -0.5%
All £254,688 £248,468 2.5%

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 2020 May 2019
Adur 32 72
Allerdale 66 123
Amber Valley 74 178
Arun 106 232
Ashfield 93 195
Ashford 73 216
Aylesbury Vale 98 275
Babergh 46 114
Barking and Dagenham 45 111
Barnet 62 335
Barnsley 148 360
Barrow-in-Furness 58 114
Basildon 78 224
Basingstoke and Deane 95 296
Bassetlaw 76 161
Bath and North East Somerset 71 216
Bedford 95 216
Bexley 93 237
Birmingham 466 1,030
Blaby 56 128
Blackburn with Darwen 52 184
Blackpool 71 185
Bolsover 55 117
Bolton 131 357
Boston 36 91
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole 236 605
Bracknell Forest 75 180
Bradford 264 592
Braintree 84 193
Breckland 76 191
Brent 49 152
Brentwood 29 88
Brighton and Hove 113 293
Broadland 57 187
Bromley 146 372
Bromsgrove 51 160
Broxbourne 48 104
Broxtowe 64 146
Buckinghamshire 218 612
Burnley 44 116
Bury 96 227
Calderdale 137 290
Cambridge 25 99
Cambridgeshire 294 747
Camden 54 107
Cannock Chase 53 157
Canterbury 87 195
Carlisle 53 179
Castle Point 53 99
Central Bedfordshire 166 396
Charnwood 83 277
Chelmsford 83 232
Cheltenham 75 165
Cherwell 72 182
Cheshire East 292 578
Cheshire West and Chester 186 506
Chesterfield 80 142
Chichester 52 140
Chiltern 32 97
Chorley 67 178
City of Bristol 247 564
City of Derby 114 261
City of Kingston upon Hull 124 308
City of London 5 7
City of Nottingham 146 354
City of Peterborough 101 290
City of Plymouth 142 380
City of Westminster 56 156
Colchester 144 268
Copeland 49 97
Corby 32 96
Cornwall 334 809
Cotswold 32 111
County Durham 314 704
Coventry 137 299
Craven 31 87
Crawley 37 121
Croydon 114 329
Cumbria 328 773
Dacorum 60 151
Darlington 45 131
Dartford 69 147
Daventry 49 130
Derbyshire 473 1,144
Derbyshire Dales 30 92
Devon 406 1,080
Doncaster 173 420
Dorset 191 517
Dover 57 166
Dudley 150 383
Ealing 81 230
East Cambridgeshire 38 87
East Devon 78 209
East Hampshire 45 175
East Hertfordshire 67 165
East Lindsey 94 185
East Northamptonshire 46 153
East Riding of Yorkshire 203 531
East Staffordshire 62 194
East Suffolk 120 353
East Sussex 342 740
Eastbourne 68 150
Eastleigh 75 194
Eden 34 88
Elmbridge 64 182
Enfield 68 165
Epping Forest 54 124
Epsom and Ewell 50 97
Erewash 69 155
Essex 764 1,842
Exeter 54 136
Fareham 61 135
Fenland 49 146
Folkestone and Hythe 60 141
Forest of Dean 40 100
Fylde 44 152
Gateshead 105 208
Gedling 93 174
Gloucester 93 172
Gloucestershire 329 854
Gosport 46 103
Gravesham 37 93
Great Yarmouth 46 172
Greenwich 64 253
Guildford 49 122
Hackney 46 148
Halton 50 154
Hambleton 27 119
Hammersmith and Fulham 70 144
Hampshire 681 1,742
Harborough 53 143
Haringey 66 162
Harlow 40 106
Harrogate 81 180
Harrow 49 215
Hart 52 118
Hartlepool 51 135
Hastings 53 150
Havant 67 127
Havering 129 230
Herefordshire 80 216
Hertfordshire 492 1,239
Hertsmere 45 131
High Peak 43 117
Hillingdon 91 261
Hinckley and Bosworth 72 163
Horsham 82 215
Hounslow 55 140
Huntingdonshire 119 253
Hyndburn 47 118
Ipswich 75 150
Isle of Wight 96 189
Islington 54 147
Kensington and Chelsea 58 114
Kent 801 1,987
Kettering 62 114
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 88 219
Kingston upon Thames 42 170
Kirklees 223 552
Knowsley 75 178
Lambeth 101 333
Lancashire 649 1,810
Lancaster 69 240
Leeds 427 1,000
Leicester 123 253
Leicestershire 371 1,045
Lewes 56 126
Lewisham 99 251
Lichfield 51 137
Lincoln 67 129
Lincolnshire 489 1,086
Liverpool 215 573
Luton 76 197
Maidstone 93 183
Maldon 26 88
Malvern Hills 21 85
Manchester 190 540
Mansfield 75 158
Medway 132 323
Melton 37 86
Mendip 62 140
Merton 57 185
Mid Devon 44 99
Mid Suffolk 41 131
Mid Sussex 73 197
Middlesbrough 52 187
Milton Keynes 144 381
Mole Valley 28 87
New Forest 82 183
Newark and Sherwood 100 207
Newcastle upon Tyne 100 309
Newcastle-under-Lyme 69 141
Newham 61 181
Norfolk 479 1,347
North Devon 44 144
North East Derbyshire 50 140
North East Lincolnshire 93 214
North Hertfordshire 49 143
North Kesteven 78 192
North Lincolnshire 90 219
North Norfolk 61 151
North Somerset 136 286
North Tyneside 130 301
North Warwickshire 32 81
North West Leicestershire 48 155
North Yorkshire 313 884
Northampton 129 300
Northamptonshire 411 1,042
Northumberland 162 465
Norwich 78 179
Nottinghamshire 571 1,207
Nuneaton and Bedworth 72 205
Oadby and Wigston 22 93
Oldham 101 279
Oxford 32 91
Oxfordshire 279 754
Pendle 42 115
Portsmouth 106 234
Preston 73 159
Reading 61 168
Redbridge 68 198
Redcar and Cleveland 71 161
Redditch 52 114
Reigate and Banstead 71 206
Ribble Valley 28 74
Richmond upon Thames 76 207
Richmondshire 22 58
Rochdale 144 252
Rochford 44 83
Rossendale 52 115
Rother 71 126
Rotherham 151 345
Rugby 72 181
Runnymede 35 134
Rushcliffe 70 166
Rushmoor 50 91
Rutland 24 48
Ryedale 26 75
Salford 121 506
Sandwell 115 279
Scarborough 68 186
Sedgemoor 74 165
Sefton 141 339
Selby 58 179
Sevenoaks 47 139
Sheffield 255 692
Shropshire 134 424
Slough 38 85
Solihull 84 244
Somerset 323 778
Somerset West and Taunton 89 218
South Bucks 12 74
South Cambridgeshire 63 162
South Derbyshire 72 203
South Gloucestershire 112 398
South Hams 48 138
South Holland 57 126
South Kesteven 104 190
South Lakeland 68 172
South Norfolk 73 248
South Northamptonshire 58 156
South Oxfordshire 66 189
South Ribble 66 202
South Somerset 98 255
South Staffordshire 50 121
South Tyneside 64 153
Southampton 111 282
Southend-on-Sea 91 217
Southwark 84 300
Spelthorne 37 109
St Albans 57 154
St Helens 100 244
Stafford 63 205
Staffordshire 465 1,184
Staffordshire Moorlands 64 122
Stevenage 53 81
Stockport 144 375
Stockton-on-Tees 102 271
Stoke-on-Trent 183 347
Stratford-on-Avon 62 202
Stroud 51 158
Suffolk 371 985
Sunderland 154 313
Surrey 538 1,361
Surrey Heath 48 97
Sutton 83 182
Swale 80 189
Swindon 140 319
Tameside 100 256
Tamworth 53 107
Tandridge 48 81
Teignbridge 67 209
Telford and Wrekin 83 270
Tendring 96 230
Test Valley 63 165
Tewkesbury 38 148
Thanet 68 183
Three Rivers 37 120
Thurrock 93 187
Tonbridge and Malling 83 190
Torbay 88 272
Torridge 35 82
Tower Hamlets 59 254
Trafford 98 325
Tunbridge Wells 47 145
Uttlesford 33 107
Vale of White Horse 67 164
Wakefield 212 429
Walsall 118 299
Waltham Forest 73 186
Wandsworth 124 353
Warrington 113 292
Warwick 51 196
Warwickshire 289 865
Watford 34 88
Waverley 67 140
Wealden 94 188
Wellingborough 35 93
Welwyn Hatfield 42 102
West Berkshire 48 190
West Devon 36 62
West Lancashire 56 145
West Lindsey 53 173
West Oxfordshire 42 128
West Suffolk 89 237
West Sussex 436 1,135
Wigan 220 473
Wiltshire 219 684
Winchester 45 155
Windsor and Maidenhead 43 163
Wirral 165 381
Woking 41 106
Wokingham 52 244
Wolverhampton 96 232
Worcester 41 142
Worcestershire 278 811
Worthing 54 158
Wychavon 68 176
Wycombe 76 166
Wyre 61 194
Wyre Forest 45 134
York 91 224
England 26,128 66,812

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

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for May 2019 with the provisional estimate for May 2020, volume transactions decreased by 56.1% 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 49.9% in England in the year to May 2020.

4.2 Sales volumes by London borough

Sales volumes by London borough

London borough May 2020 May 2019
Barking and Dagenham 45 111
Barnet 62 335
Bexley 93 237
Brent 49 152
Bromley 146 372
Camden 54 107
City of London 5 7
City of Westminster 56 156
Croydon 114 329
Ealing 81 230
Enfield 68 165
Greenwich 64 253
Hackney 46 148
Hammersmith and Fulham 70 144
Haringey 66 162
Harrow 49 215
Havering 129 230
Hillingdon 91 261
Hounslow 55 140
Islington 54 147
Kensington and Chelsea 58 114
Kingston upon Thames 42 170
Lambeth 101 333
Lewisham 99 251
Merton 57 185
Newham 61 181
Redbridge 68 198
Richmond upon Thames 76 207
Southwark 84 300
Sutton 83 182
Tower Hamlets 59 254
Waltham Forest 73 186
Wandsworth 124 353

Note: The number of property transactions for May 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
May 2016 60,179
May 2017 69,176
May 2018 67,590
May 2019 66,812
May 2020 26,128

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for May 2019 with the provisional estimate for May 2020, volume transactions decreased by 56.1% 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 49.9% in England in the year to May 2020.

4.4 Sales volumes for London

Sales volumes for London over the past 5 years

Date Sales volumes for London
May 2016 6,617
May 2017 7,874
May 2018 6,980
May 2019 6,815
May 2020 2,382

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 2020 Average existing May 2020 New build monthly change Existing monthly change New build annual change Existing annual change
London £496,369 £472,635 0.4% -0.4% 4.4% 2.1%
North East £192,149 £123,363 4.2% 4.1% 3.1% -0.9%
East Midlands £270,056 £189,705 -1.0% -0.2% 4.8% 1.4%
East of England £370,675 £284,481 -0.7% -0.5% 3.6% 0.2%
North West £226,529 £160,525 0.4% 0.7% 3.3% -0.3%
South East £386,196 £318,827 -1.4% -0.8% 4.4% 1.2%
South West £309,933 £251,877 -1.0% -0.2% 4.8% 0.9%
West Midlands £273,818 £194,709 0.9% 1.6% 3.6% 0.8%
Yorkshire and The Humber £214,964 £162,032 3.2% 2.9% 5.2% 1.5%
England £313,501 £243,311 0.2% 0.5% 4.2% 0.8%

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 2020 Average former owner occupier price July 2020 First time buyer monthly change Former owner occupier monthly change First time buyer annual change Former owner occupier annual change
London £421,567 £551,789 -0.1% 0.3% 0.7% 2.3%
North East £113,380 £150,530 0.8% 0.9% 1.6% 2.0%
East Midlands £169,695 £227,623 0.6% 1.0% 4.0% 4.4%
East of England £244,839 £333,163 0.0% 0.4% 0.7% 1.7%
North West £144,991 £195,138 1.1% 1.0% 3.3% 3.7%
South East £259,811 £378,355 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 1.6%
South West £216,853 £296,878 0.4% 0.8% 1.6% 2.3%
West Midlands £171,744 £236,825 0.7% 1.2% 4.0% 4.7%
Yorkshire and The Humber £146,779 £192,911 1.4% 1.6% 3.5% 4.2%
England £213,163 £289,713 0.5% 0.8% 2.1% 2.9%

7. Funding status

Cash and mortgage indicator for England by region

Region Average cash price July 2020 Average mortgage price July 2020 Cash monthly change Mortgage monthly change Cash annual change Mortgage annual change
London £503,022 £478,890 -0.8% 0.3% 0.5% 1.5%
North East £120,551 £138,750 0.3% 1.1% 1.1% 2.1%
East Midlands £194,141 £205,284 1.0% 0.8% 4.1% 4.2%
East of England £279,458 £302,403 0.4% 0.2% 1.1% 1.2%
North West £157,545 £179,627 0.7% 1.1% 2.8% 3.8%
South East £310,735 £333,212 0.5% 0.2% 1.0% 1.0%
South West £258,521 £266,351 0.5% 0.7% 1.5% 2.3%
West Midlands £196,837 £210,566 1.1% 0.9% 4.1% 4.4%
Yorkshire and The Humber £163,864 £175,113 1.3% 1.6% 3.4% 4.0%
England £238,555 £262,746 0.6% 0.7% 2.2% 2.6%

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 May 2020
East Midlands 18
East of England 6
London 19
North East 55
North West 59
South East 31
South West 16
West Midlands 24
Yorkshire and The Humber 39
England 267

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