National statistics

UK House Price Index England: March 2020

Published 20 May 2020

Applies to England

1. Headline statistics for March 2020

The average price of a property in England was £248,271

The annual price change of a property in England was 2.2%

The monthly price change of a property in England was -0.1%

The index figure for England (January 2015 = 100) was 122.4

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

Following the publication of the March index on 20 May, the UK HPI has been suspended until further notice. See the Office for National Statistics (ONS) website for more information.

2. Economic statement

The UK HPI is based on completed housing transactions. Typically, a house purchase can take 6 to 8 weeks to reach completion. Therefore, the price data feeding into the March 2020 UK HPI will reflect those completions that occurred before the government measures to reduce the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) took hold.

England house prices grew by 2.2% in the year to March 2020, up from 1.7% in February 2020. England house prices were growing faster than the 2.1% UK annual growth rate in the year to March 2020. London was the fastest growing region with annual growth of 4.7% in the year to March 2020. The lowest annual growth was in Yorkshire and the Humber, where prices fell by 1.0% over the year to March 2020.

On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England decreased by 0.1% between February 2020 and March 2020, compared with a fall of 0.6% during the same period a year earlier (February 2019 and March 2019). On a seasonally adjusted basis, average house prices in England increased by 0.4% between February 2020 and March 2020.

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for January 2019 with the provisional estimate for January 2020, volume transactions increased by 1.4% in England. UK volume transactions increased by 2.5% over the same period.

Across England, detached houses showed the biggest increase out of all property types, growing by 2.5% in the year to March 2020 to £379,000. The slowest growth was in semi-detached houses which increased by 2.0% in the year to March 2020 to £233,000.

Due to the introduction of government measures to reduce the spread of coronavirus in March 2020, fewer transactions are available than expected for the March UK HPI. As a result, there may be increased volatility in this month’s estimates, particularly at the lower geographical levels where transaction volumes are smaller.

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 2.2% in the year to March 2020, up from 1.7% in February 2020.

In London, average house prices increased by 4.7% in the year to March 2020, up from an increase of 3.0% in February 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 March 2020 March 2019 Difference
Adur £314,710 £306,623 2.6%
Allerdale £160,600 £149,942 7.1%
Amber Valley £187,563 £172,097 9.0%
Arun £293,268 £280,240 4.6%
Ashfield £142,943 £139,387 2.6%
Ashford £296,129 £294,907 0.4%
Aylesbury Vale £342,643 £321,568 6.6%
Babergh £299,538 £288,635 3.8%
Barking and Dagenham £327,136 £294,065 11.2%
Barnet £532,569 £516,531 3.1%
Barnsley £122,136 £121,393 0.6%
Barrow-in-Furness £114,608 £122,746 -6.6%
Basildon £307,414 £303,937 1.1%
Basingstoke and Deane £291,205 £306,757 -5.1%
Bassetlaw £154,139 £152,163 1.3%
Bath and North East Somerset £346,379 £337,066 2.8%
Bedford £283,674 £286,180 -0.9%
Bexley £331,679 £336,680 -1.5%
Birmingham £185,499 £186,419 -0.5%
Blaby £230,708 £228,623 0.9%
Blackburn with Darwen £117,588 £113,510 3.6%
Blackpool £106,855 £104,474 2.3%
Bolsover £123,791 £128,642 -3.8%
Bolton £141,910 £133,596 6.2%
Boston £148,204 £154,596 -4.1%
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole £283,469 £285,006 -0.5%
Bracknell Forest £345,763 £336,166 2.9%
Bradford £131,633 £132,084 -0.3%
Braintree £272,852 £281,464 -3.1%
Breckland £227,459 £224,289 1.4%
Brent £446,966 £475,430 -6.0%
Brentwood £430,739 £419,852 2.6%
Brighton and Hove £372,458 £354,520 5.1%
Broadland £257,474 £258,885 -0.5%
Bromley £430,033 £435,996 -1.4%
Bromsgrove £295,330 £285,344 3.5%
Broxbourne £341,351 £348,905 -2.2%
Broxtowe £196,420 £184,814 6.3%
Buckinghamshire £413,924 £403,027 2.7%
Burnley £86,074 £82,027 4.9%
Bury £185,755 £176,895 5.0%
Calderdale £149,192 £143,267 4.1%
Cambridge £413,236 £419,765 -1.6%
Cambridgeshire £291,313 £287,401 1.4%
Camden £881,096 £808,860 8.9%
Cannock Chase £168,916 £169,089 -0.1%
Canterbury £298,219 £303,228 -1.7%
Carlisle £135,597 £139,970 -3.1%
Castle Point £319,753 £305,762 4.6%
Central Bedfordshire £314,286 £307,191 2.3%
Charnwood £226,389 £218,573 3.6%
Chelmsford £330,064 £340,129 -3.0%
Cheltenham £282,810 £270,454 4.6%
Cherwell £295,602 £284,910 3.8%
Cheshire East £228,699 £222,938 2.6%
Cheshire West and Chester £208,353 £203,670 2.3%
Chesterfield £164,355 £152,811 7.6%
Chichester £404,237 £367,783 9.9%
Chiltern £527,104 £558,884 -5.7%
Chorley £187,146 £176,178 6.2%
City of Bristol £285,268 £276,709 3.1%
City of Derby £159,056 £158,712 0.2%
City of Kingston upon Hull £115,298 £110,482 4.4%
City of London £792,583 £853,451 -7.1%
City of Nottingham £143,469 £141,927 1.1%
City of Peterborough £197,118 £190,093 3.7%
City of Plymouth £178,868 £174,684 2.4%
City of Westminster £1,085,013 £956,111 13.5%
Colchester £264,734 £261,342 1.3%
Copeland £117,401 £117,640 -0.2%
Corby £177,927 £181,441 -1.9%
Cornwall £238,854 £230,749 3.5%
Cotswold £386,269 £375,529 2.9%
County Durham £96,279 £97,436 -1.2%
Coventry £191,089 £185,663 2.9%
Craven £207,074 £212,239 -2.4%
Crawley £285,725 £279,722 2.1%
Croydon £358,356 £367,440 -2.5%
Cumbria £155,811 £156,354 -0.3%
Dacorum £409,308 £393,517 4.0%
Darlington £131,112 £129,473 1.3%
Dartford £292,213 £294,747 -0.9%
Daventry £268,379 £270,564 -0.8%
Derbyshire £185,262 £177,455 4.4%
Derbyshire Dales £295,972 £277,095 6.8%
Devon £267,110 £260,412 2.6%
Doncaster £127,974 £126,449 1.2%
Dorset £285,051 £288,795 -1.3%
Dover £243,833 £243,907 0.0%
Dudley £173,039 £174,550 -0.9%
Ealing £454,027 £467,017 -2.8%
East Cambridgeshire £294,073 £277,414 6.0%
East Devon £303,888 £293,833 3.4%
East Hampshire £366,418 £358,094 2.3%
East Hertfordshire £396,304 £381,062 4.0%
East Lindsey £172,844 £183,251 -5.7%
East Northamptonshire £259,410 £242,478 7.0%
East Riding of Yorkshire £181,382 £176,649 2.7%
East Staffordshire £178,009 £178,555 -0.3%
East Suffolk £248,580 £238,748 4.1%
East Sussex £277,420 £281,188 -1.3%
Eastbourne £244,536 £241,041 1.4%
Eastleigh £290,453 £284,011 2.3%
Eden £193,835 £188,651 2.7%
Elmbridge £577,202 £593,437 -2.7%
Enfield £386,000 £393,926 -2.0%
Epping Forest £451,335 £458,823 -1.6%
Epsom and Ewell £459,231 £458,847 0.1%
Erewash £167,392 £162,340 3.1%
Essex £311,948 £309,832 0.7%
Exeter £261,164 £259,059 0.8%
Fareham £295,434 £295,541 0.0%
Fenland £182,549 £186,525 -2.1%
Folkestone and Hythe £266,874 £250,553 6.5%
Forest of Dean £241,156 £237,350 1.6%
Fylde £171,766 £188,235 -8.7%
Gateshead £126,450 £127,849 -1.1%
Gedling £189,721 £183,917 3.2%
Gloucester £199,986 £204,911 -2.4%
Gloucestershire £271,113 £263,179 3.0%
Gosport £218,452 £209,972 4.0%
Gravesham £321,057 £280,106 14.6%
Great Yarmouth £168,687 £174,450 -3.3%
Greenwich £415,693 £385,655 7.8%
Guildford £461,574 £451,617 2.2%
Hackney £638,683 £554,701 15.1%
Halton £139,780 £140,223 -0.3%
Hambleton £234,070 £232,465 0.7%
Hammersmith and Fulham £747,174 £716,606 4.3%
Hampshire £312,885 £311,625 0.4%
Harborough £308,651 £287,629 7.3%
Haringey £565,343 £536,737 5.3%
Harlow £262,524 £272,423 -3.6%
Harrogate £304,321 £275,867 10.3%
Harrow £454,716 £445,148 2.1%
Hart £402,548 £401,670 0.2%
Hartlepool £104,818 £102,309 2.5%
Hastings £215,117 £217,321 -1.0%
Havant £259,563 £258,741 0.3%
Havering £352,951 £359,738 -1.9%
Herefordshire £239,611 £230,120 4.1%
Hertfordshire £395,311 £392,373 0.7%
Hertsmere £439,231 £462,704 -5.1%
High Peak £210,296 £195,726 7.4%
Hillingdon £417,977 £409,663 2.0%
Hinckley and Bosworth £211,430 £215,177 -1.7%
Horsham £378,212 £369,539 2.3%
Hounslow £423,042 £393,245 7.6%
Huntingdonshire £261,319 £256,981 1.7%
Hyndburn £102,891 £91,716 12.2%
Ipswich £197,722 £196,083 0.8%
Isle of Wight £216,133 £217,657 -0.7%
Islington £632,270 £628,268 0.6%
Kensington and Chelsea £1,396,102 £1,218,617 14.6%
Kent £296,830 £290,914 2.0%
Kettering £200,794 £204,215 -1.7%
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk £203,625 £215,612 -5.6%
Kingston upon Thames £506,000 £474,572 6.6%
Kirklees £151,929 £146,794 3.5%
Knowsley £126,496 £129,027 -2.0%
Lambeth £525,487 £497,632 5.6%
Lancashire £147,245 £142,202 3.5%
Lancaster £155,468 £153,940 1.0%
Leeds £183,707 £183,220 0.3%
Leicester £187,449 £166,813 12.4%
Leicestershire £231,836 £226,290 2.5%
Lewes £323,460 £326,761 -1.0%
Lewisham £424,233 £401,465 5.7%
Lichfield £256,029 £246,266 4.0%
Lincoln £154,871 £158,192 -2.1%
Lincolnshire £184,174 £185,692 -0.8%
Liverpool £134,446 £131,590 2.2%
Luton £229,983 £235,668 -2.4%
Maidstone £293,072 £288,190 1.7%
Maldon £340,237 £334,743 1.6%
Malvern Hills £271,486 £258,284 5.1%
Manchester £184,506 £178,113 3.6%
Mansfield £141,395 £134,734 4.9%
Medway £246,550 £243,664 1.2%
Melton £246,320 £224,221 9.9%
Mendip £273,800 £253,889 7.8%
Merton £509,252 £505,347 0.8%
Mid Devon £240,967 £231,796 4.0%
Mid Suffolk £256,868 £266,434 -3.6%
Mid Sussex £360,468 £368,284 -2.1%
Middlesbrough £119,358 £108,364 10.1%
Milton Keynes £264,268 £254,248 3.9%
Mole Valley £488,437 £482,473 1.2%
New Forest £339,640 £336,221 1.0%
Newark and Sherwood £186,543 £177,189 5.3%
Newcastle upon Tyne £160,121 £153,729 4.2%
Newcastle-under-Lyme £154,685 £155,645 -0.6%
Newham £387,326 £366,830 5.6%
Norfolk £227,721 £227,725 0.0%
North Devon £263,864 £246,009 7.3%
North East Derbyshire £194,368 £187,925 3.4%
North East Lincolnshire £123,059 £120,955 1.7%
North Hertfordshire £338,368 £331,633 2.0%
North Kesteven £210,934 £207,869 1.5%
North Lincolnshire £143,682 £145,719 -1.4%
North Norfolk £266,987 £253,121 5.5%
North Somerset £257,948 £260,751 -1.1%
North Tyneside £160,339 £156,373 2.5%
North Warwickshire £194,818 £205,732 -5.3%
North West Leicestershire £202,260 £204,512 -1.1%
North Yorkshire £226,332 £217,439 4.1%
Northampton £211,336 £212,207 -0.4%
Northamptonshire £229,200 £228,463 0.3%
Northumberland £152,051 £148,809 2.2%
Norwich £203,473 £206,159 -1.3%
Nottinghamshire £179,746 £174,432 3.0%
Nuneaton and Bedworth £181,011 £174,686 3.6%
Oadby and Wigston £232,703 £216,495 7.5%
Oldham £136,101 £130,730 4.1%
Oxford £395,746 £408,538 -3.1%
Oxfordshire £344,719 £348,611 -1.1%
Pendle £108,199 £95,610 13.2%
Portsmouth £206,572 £207,913 -0.6%
Preston £126,448 £125,954 0.4%
Reading £276,130 £291,755 -5.4%
Redbridge £418,473 £405,219 3.3%
Redcar and Cleveland £126,970 £116,874 8.6%
Redditch £206,785 £207,150 -0.2%
Reigate and Banstead £420,927 £392,805 7.2%
Ribble Valley £232,648 £211,728 9.9%
Richmond upon Thames £633,481 £646,356 -2.0%
Richmondshire £233,658 £208,099 12.3%
Rochdale £140,207 £137,005 2.3%
Rochford £353,982 £352,477 0.4%
Rossendale £158,450 £133,913 18.3%
Rother £280,884 £294,558 -4.6%
Rotherham £133,759 £135,794 -1.5%
Rugby £232,626 £231,935 0.3%
Runnymede £399,925 £420,565 -4.9%
Rushcliffe £270,496 £273,679 -1.2%
Rushmoor £270,423 £278,990 -3.1%
Rutland £291,359 £298,248 -2.3%
Ryedale £228,907 £239,709 -4.5%
Salford £170,058 £165,231 2.9%
Sandwell £164,427 £150,358 9.4%
Scarborough £174,165 £162,715 7.0%
Sedgemoor £235,759 £229,015 2.9%
Sefton £156,609 £166,378 -5.9%
Selby £196,671 £196,223 0.2%
Sevenoaks £454,103 £438,096 3.7%
Sheffield £167,332 £163,117 2.6%
Shropshire £216,906 £213,733 1.5%
Slough £296,738 £289,925 2.3%
Solihull £290,946 £282,028 3.2%
Somerset £244,202 £230,971 5.7%
Somerset West and Taunton £249,324 £228,011 9.3%
South Bucks £595,465 £615,318 -3.2%
South Cambridgeshire £378,293 £364,528 3.8%
South Derbyshire £196,312 £192,095 2.2%
South Gloucestershire £275,864 £277,981 -0.8%
South Hams £315,217 £306,076 3.0%
South Holland £190,142 £188,079 1.1%
South Kesteven £213,438 £213,058 0.2%
South Lakeland £234,974 £235,050 0.0%
South Norfolk £273,994 £263,309 4.1%
South Northamptonshire £327,335 £319,427 2.5%
South Oxfordshire £385,639 £401,847 -4.0%
South Ribble £174,886 £169,354 3.3%
South Somerset £228,632 £221,472 3.2%
South Staffordshire £223,319 £223,456 -0.1%
South Tyneside £132,321 £127,831 3.5%
Southampton £199,660 £208,053 -4.0%
Southend-on-Sea £288,327 £280,622 2.7%
Southwark £488,610 £489,971 -0.3%
Spelthorne £353,083 £366,785 -3.7%
St Albans £493,878 £497,876 -0.8%
St Helens £130,583 £129,216 1.1%
Stafford £205,851 £207,113 -0.6%
Staffordshire £193,107 £190,817 1.2%
Staffordshire Moorlands £190,664 £179,924 6.0%
Stevenage £289,009 £288,969 0.0%
Stockport £240,204 £222,969 7.7%
Stockton-on-Tees £136,052 £136,082 0.0%
Stoke-on-Trent £106,203 £110,426 -3.8%
Stratford-on-Avon £329,688 £326,976 0.8%
Stroud £295,487 £268,676 10.0%
Suffolk £248,021 £242,839 2.1%
Sunderland £121,212 £114,593 5.8%
Surrey £441,068 £439,630 0.3%
Surrey Heath £386,470 £384,575 0.5%
Sutton £377,458 £371,934 1.5%
Swale £234,096 £247,629 -5.5%
Swindon £218,551 £215,831 1.3%
Tameside £153,365 £147,556 3.9%
Tamworth £193,812 £184,049 5.3%
Tandridge £440,521 £437,182 0.8%
Teignbridge £250,347 £239,685 4.4%
Telford and Wrekin £176,621 £167,792 5.3%
Tendring £220,849 £211,839 4.3%
Test Valley £319,963 £324,666 -1.4%
Tewkesbury £277,713 £273,356 1.6%
Thanet £234,375 £231,286 1.3%
Three Rivers £512,054 £521,237 -1.8%
Thurrock £266,991 £267,920 -0.3%
Tonbridge and Malling £373,567 £362,308 3.1%
Torbay £214,188 £190,258 12.6%
Torridge £229,538 £233,535 -1.7%
Tower Hamlets £472,662 £429,001 10.2%
Trafford £293,243 £283,827 3.3%
Tunbridge Wells £421,075 £375,009 12.3%
Uttlesford £418,001 £393,584 6.2%
Vale of White Horse £341,993 £350,506 -2.4%
Wakefield £153,037 £147,547 3.7%
Walsall £167,068 £164,253 1.7%
Waltham Forest £437,153 £429,355 1.8%
Wandsworth £624,858 £572,645 9.1%
Warrington £195,750 £190,161 2.9%
Warwick £311,723 £305,254 2.1%
Warwickshire £253,915 £251,487 1.0%
Watford £334,610 £344,569 -2.9%
Waverley £442,543 £448,819 -1.4%
Wealden £328,800 £333,232 -1.3%
Wellingborough £211,433 £214,306 -1.3%
Welwyn Hatfield £404,316 £383,297 5.5%
West Berkshire £349,282 £344,627 1.4%
West Devon £242,212 £260,018 -6.8%
West Lancashire £182,022 £185,946 -2.1%
West Lindsey £175,068 £168,402 4.0%
West Oxfordshire £321,403 £322,937 -0.5%
West Suffolk £262,446 £255,128 2.9%
West Sussex £328,196 £319,710 2.7%
Wigan £139,771 £131,899 6.0%
Wiltshire £272,870 £272,427 0.2%
Winchester £441,880 £407,144 8.5%
Windsor and Maidenhead £490,501 £470,273 4.3%
Wirral £161,655 £158,694 1.9%
Woking £419,427 £412,386 1.7%
Wokingham £405,631 £399,941 1.4%
Wolverhampton £160,862 £151,213 6.4%
Worcester £212,243 £208,710 1.7%
Worcestershire £247,178 £236,511 4.5%
Worthing £283,811 £280,936 1.0%
Wychavon £281,220 £273,947 2.7%
Wycombe £410,432 £393,993 4.2%
Wyre £147,136 £148,811 -1.1%
Wyre Forest £221,556 £190,068 16.6%
York £257,398 £254,926 1.0%
England £248,271 £242,982 2.2%

Average price by local authority for England

The heat map is unavailable due to the impact the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has had on operational services.

In March 2020, the most expensive area to purchase a property was Kensington and Chelsea, where the average cost was £1.4 million. In contrast, the cheapest area to purchase a property was Burnley, where the average cost was £86,000. Due to the ongoing effects of coronavirus, the March 2020 estimates are based on fewer transactions than usual. This means volatility may be seen in the data at lower levels.

3.2 Annual price change by London borough

Annual price change by London borough

London borough March 2020 March 2019 Difference
Barking and Dagenham £327,136 £294,065 11.2%
Barnet £532,569 £516,531 3.1%
Bexley £331,679 £336,680 -1.5%
Brent £446,966 £475,430 -6.0%
Bromley £430,033 £435,996 -1.4%
Camden £881,096 £808,860 8.9%
City of London £792,583 £853,451 -7.1%
City of Westminster £1,085,013 £956,111 13.5%
Croydon £358,356 £367,440 -2.5%
Ealing £454,027 £467,017 -2.8%
Enfield £386,000 £393,926 -2.0%
Greenwich £415,693 £385,655 7.8%
Hackney £638,683 £554,701 15.1%
Hammersmith and Fulham £747,174 £716,606 4.3%
Haringey £565,343 £536,737 5.3%
Harrow £454,716 £445,148 2.1%
Havering £352,951 £359,738 -1.9%
Hillingdon £417,977 £409,663 2.0%
Hounslow £423,042 £393,245 7.6%
Islington £632,270 £628,268 0.6%
Kensington and Chelsea £1,396,102 £1,218,617 14.6%
Kingston upon Thames £506,000 £474,572 6.6%
Lambeth £525,487 £497,632 5.6%
Lewisham £424,233 £401,465 5.7%
Merton £509,252 £505,347 0.8%
Newham £387,326 £366,830 5.6%
Redbridge £418,473 £405,219 3.3%
Richmond upon Thames £633,481 £646,356 -2.0%
Southwark £488,610 £489,971 -0.3%
Sutton £377,458 £371,934 1.5%
Tower Hamlets £472,662 £429,001 10.2%
Waltham Forest £437,153 £429,355 1.8%
Wandsworth £624,858 £572,645 9.1%

Average price by London borough

The heat map is unavailable due to the impact the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has had on operational services.

In March 2020, the most expensive borough to purchase a property was Kensington and Chelsea, where the average cost was £1.4 million. In contrast, the cheapest borough to purchase a property was Barking and Dagenham, where the average cost was £327,000. Due to the ongoing effects of coronavirus, the March 2020 estimates are based on fewer transactions than usual. This means volatility may be seen in the data at lower levels.

3.3 Average price change by property type

Average price change by property type for England

Property type March 2020 March 2019 Difference
Detached £379,050 £369,683 2.5%
Semi-detached £232,901 £228,288 2.0%
Terraced £199,959 £195,955 2.0%
Flat or maisonette £226,383 £221,555 2.2%
All £248,271 £242,982 2.2%

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 January 2020 January 2019
Adur 65 59
Allerdale 108 110
Amber Valley 144 180
Arun 184 186
Ashfield 139 137
Ashford 126 114
Aylesbury Vale 210 201
Babergh 103 99
Barking and Dagenham 108 119
Barnet 205 291
Barnsley 215 232
Barrow-in-Furness 93 92
Basildon 153 193
Basingstoke and Deane 130 185
Bassetlaw 111 101
Bath and North East Somerset 196 232
Bedford 152 161
Bexley 189 215
Birmingham 772 960
Blaby 112 116
Blackburn with Darwen 107 125
Blackpool 153 158
Bolsover 75 80
Bolton 255 281
Boston 60 72
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole 483 505
Bracknell Forest 147 136
Bradford 545 511
Braintree 140 152
Breckland 123 118
Brent 110 126
Brentwood 80 78
Brighton and Hove 259 249
Broadland 155 185
Bromley 332 280
Bromsgrove 97 75
Broxbourne 81 86
Broxtowe 102 122
Buckinghamshire 513 525
Burnley 99 98
Bury 178 192
Calderdale 211 221
Cambridge 73 81
Cambridgeshire 520 664
Camden 151 102
Cannock Chase 89 83
Canterbury 144 171
Carlisle 126 97
Castle Point 105 102
Central Bedfordshire 314 302
Charnwood 153 207
Chelmsford 158 174
Cheltenham 134 141
Cherwell 141 156
Cheshire East 433 440
Cheshire West and Chester 325 389
Chesterfield 118 97
Chichester 141 120
Chiltern 92 86
Chorley 120 111
City of Bristol 462 516
City of Derby 211 221
City of Kingston upon Hull 243 217
City of London 5 10
City of Nottingham 241 266
City of Peterborough 183 215
City of Plymouth 275 284
City of Westminster 157 125
Colchester 207 193
Copeland 61 45
Corby 70 76
Cornwall 608 681
Cotswold 90 104
County Durham 531 504
Coventry 310 264
Craven 68 73
Crawley 72 94
Croydon 260 271
Cumbria 577 519
Dacorum 149 153
Darlington 119 101
Dartford 107 126
Daventry 75 97
Derbyshire 847 894
Derbyshire Dales 75 77
Devon 892 945
Doncaster 289 310
Dorset 366 400
Dover 123 125
Dudley 336 307
Ealing 187 186
East Cambridgeshire 64 96
East Devon 190 214
East Hampshire 93 131
East Hertfordshire 131 142
East Lindsey 173 189
East Northamptonshire 82 95
East Riding of Yorkshire 437 459
East Staffordshire 124 132
East Suffolk 262 282
East Sussex 572 669
Eastbourne 94 130
Eastleigh 184 164
Eden 54 53
Elmbridge 149 127
Enfield 159 202
Epping Forest 116 129
Epsom and Ewell 81 78
Erewash 136 107
Essex 1,438 1,547
Exeter 121 114
Fareham 119 145
Fenland 103 136
Folkestone and Hythe 136 146
Forest of Dean 79 85
Fylde 93 78
Gateshead 191 163
Gedling 141 181
Gloucester 145 156
Gloucestershire 674 736
Gosport 87 101
Gravesham 81 98
Great Yarmouth 87 121
Greenwich 176 273
Guildford 122 111
Hackney 147 155
Halton 109 108
Hambleton 87 87
Hammersmith and Fulham 149 110
Hampshire 1,290 1,498
Harborough 76 102
Haringey 130 158
Harlow 71 77
Harrogate 161 174
Harrow 160 169
Hart 96 94
Hartlepool 82 96
Hastings 96 112
Havant 108 106
Havering 243 224
Herefordshire 178 175
Hertfordshire 1,078 1,103
Hertsmere 110 105
High Peak 96 108
Hillingdon 209 211
Hinckley and Bosworth 114 109
Horsham 132 183
Hounslow 150 158
Huntingdonshire 155 209
Hyndburn 113 102
Ipswich 105 110
Isle of Wight 173 192
Islington 104 128
Kensington and Chelsea 134 117
Kent 1,534 1,601
Kettering 100 114
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 163 158
Kingston upon Thames 125 153
Kirklees 387 411
Knowsley 130 144
Lambeth 171 227
Lancashire 1,308 1,255
Lancaster 157 140
Leeds 844 833
Leicester 196 227
Leicestershire 668 757
Lewes 107 109
Lewisham 201 192
Lichfield 89 109
Lincoln 97 126
Lincolnshire 787 930
Liverpool 384 469
Luton 146 164
Maidstone 173 155
Maldon 60 63
Malvern Hills 89 68
Manchester 332 468
Mansfield 130 129
Medway 270 261
Melton 45 49
Mendip 107 124
Merton 163 167
Mid Devon 82 78
Mid Suffolk 100 125
Mid Sussex 173 182
Middlesbrough 136 132
Milton Keynes 256 276
Mole Valley 78 70
New Forest 165 216
Newark and Sherwood 114 131
Newcastle upon Tyne 237 250
Newcastle-under-Lyme 141 115
Newham 115 184
Norfolk 986 1,042
North Devon 127 112
North East Derbyshire 93 108
North East Lincolnshire 153 179
North Hertfordshire 106 119
North Kesteven 122 160
North Lincolnshire 176 186
North Norfolk 155 136
North Somerset 230 272
North Tyneside 175 219
North Warwickshire 58 69
North West Leicestershire 112 108
North Yorkshire 653 709
Northampton 239 216
Northamptonshire 729 762
Northumberland 319 346
Norwich 136 162
Nottinghamshire 855 919
Nuneaton and Bedworth 172 138
Oadby and Wigston 56 66
Oldham 229 200
Oxford 86 93
Oxfordshire 570 647
Pendle 109 102
Portsmouth 191 209
Preston 124 122
Reading 150 160
Redbridge 158 150
Redcar and Cleveland 128 141
Redditch 78 96
Reigate and Banstead 159 163
Ribble Valley 75 65
Richmond upon Thames 184 162
Richmondshire 40 53
Rochdale 156 156
Rochford 92 117
Rossendale 72 89
Rother 112 123
Rotherham 213 225
Rugby 129 123
Runnymede 85 95
Rushcliffe 116 117
Rushmoor 91 85
Rutland 29 48
Ryedale 55 45
Salford 229 267
Sandwell 201 225
Scarborough 156 142
Sedgemoor 111 128
Sefton 289 306
Selby 85 133
Sevenoaks 96 110
Sheffield 494 548
Shropshire 281 309
Slough 76 84
Solihull 208 238
Somerset 576 605
Somerset West and Taunton 155 158
South Bucks 61 89
South Cambridgeshire 125 141
South Derbyshire 109 135
South Gloucestershire 239 290
South Hams 102 117
South Holland 81 105
South Kesteven 152 149
South Lakeland 135 122
South Norfolk 167 162
South Northamptonshire 86 76
South Oxfordshire 126 140
South Ribble 113 120
South Somerset 203 195
South Staffordshire 89 104
South Tyneside 115 118
Southampton 186 226
Southend-on-Sea 196 216
Southwark 146 210
Spelthorne 80 101
St Albans 148 146
St Helens 139 140
Stafford 139 135
Staffordshire 849 865
Staffordshire Moorlands 93 77
Stevenage 91 81
Stockport 308 314
Stockton-on-Tees 204 226
Stoke-on-Trent 234 232
Stratford-on-Avon 131 134
Stroud 112 152
Suffolk 753 782
Sunderland 224 222
Surrey 1,122 1,159
Surrey Heath 74 91
Sutton 191 185
Swale 151 145
Swindon 225 282
Tameside 186 190
Tamworth 85 109
Tandridge 78 89
Teignbridge 136 168
Telford and Wrekin 159 186
Tendring 194 162
Test Valley 106 143
Tewkesbury 112 98
Thanet 163 159
Three Rivers 98 83
Thurrock 153 168
Tonbridge and Malling 121 120
Torbay 186 210
Torridge 80 64
Tower Hamlets 176 236
Trafford 226 223
Tunbridge Wells 102 130
Uttlesford 60 100
Vale of White Horse 124 139
Wakefield 327 374
Walsall 268 228
Waltham Forest 179 208
Wandsworth 290 304
Warrington 207 196
Warwick 150 154
Warwickshire 640 618
Watford 72 83
Waverley 126 137
Wealden 163 189
Wellingborough 75 87
Welwyn Hatfield 89 104
West Berkshire 130 133
West Devon 54 76
West Lancashire 113 100
West Lindsey 98 129
West Oxfordshire 92 118
West Suffolk 183 162
West Sussex 891 972
Wigan 308 326
Wiltshire 494 556
Winchester 111 127
Windsor and Maidenhead 125 140
Wirral 299 332
Woking 90 88
Wokingham 149 179
Wolverhampton 193 176
Worcester 94 98
Worcestershire 557 588
Worthing 124 144
Wychavon 102 149
Wycombe 150 149
Wyre 119 128
Wyre Forest 97 100
York 171 225
England 50,456 54,134

Note: The estimate for January 2020 is calculated based on around 85% of the final registered transactions. The number of property transactions for January 2020 will increase as more transactions are incorporated into the index.

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for January 2019 with the provisional estimate for January 2020, volume transactions increased by 1.4% 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 6.4% in England in the year to January 2020.

4.2 Sales volumes by London borough

Sales volumes by London borough

London borough January 2020 January 2019
Barking and Dagenham 108 119
Barnet 205 291
Bexley 189 215
Brent 110 126
Bromley 332 280
Camden 151 102
City of London 5 10
City of Westminster 157 125
Croydon 260 271
Ealing 187 186
Enfield 159 202
Greenwich 176 273
Hackney 147 155
Hammersmith and Fulham 149 110
Haringey 130 158
Harrow 160 169
Havering 243 224
Hillingdon 209 211
Hounslow 150 158
Islington 104 128
Kensington and Chelsea 134 117
Kingston upon Thames 125 153
Lambeth 171 227
Lewisham 201 192
Merton 163 167
Newham 115 184
Redbridge 158 150
Richmond upon Thames 184 162
Southwark 146 210
Sutton 191 185
Tower Hamlets 176 236
Waltham Forest 179 208
Wandsworth 290 304

Note: The estimate for January 2020 is calculated based on around 85% of the final registered transactions. The number of property transactions for January 2020 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
January 2016 59,992
January 2017 57,498
January 2018 57,138
January 2019 54,134
January 2020 50,456

Comparing the provisional volume estimate for January 2019 with the provisional estimate for January 2020, volume transactions increased by 1.4% 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 6.4% in England in the year to January 2020.

4.4 Sales volumes for London

Sales volumes for London over the past 5 years

Date Sales volumes for London
January 2016 7,927
January 2017 6,931
January 2018 6,584
January 2019 6,031
January 2020 5,569

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 January 2020 Average existing January 2020 New build monthly change Existing monthly change New build annual change Existing annual change
London £521,136 £474,660 8.5% -1.0% 7.6% 1.2%
North East £196,325 £123,066 6.6% -1.9% 7.5% 1.6%
East Midlands £278,476 £190,123 8.2% 0.1% 7.8% 2.0%
East of England £380,571 £283,760 7.8% -1.0% 6.1% 0.0%
North West £232,775 £161,061 8.1% -0.7% 6.9% 1.8%
South East £396,926 £318,936 7.9% -0.2% 6.3% -0.1%
South West £319,878 £253,623 8.3% -0.2% 6.9% 0.8%
West Midlands £287,079 £197,038 9.9% 0.9% 8.2% 2.9%
Yorkshire and The Humber £219,013 £161,353 7.1% -1.3% 8.1% 2.3%
England £323,532 £243,890 8.1% -0.5% 7.1% 1.2%

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 March 2020 Average former owner occupier price March 2020 First time buyer monthly change Former owner occupier monthly change First time buyer annual change Former owner occupier annual change
London £425,911 £546,525 1.6% 0.7% 4.8% 4.5%
North East £108,710 £144,860 -0.8% -0.4% 1.5% 2.2%
East Midlands £163,193 £220,566 -0.1% 0.9% 1.8% 2.5%
East of England £241,513 £329,465 -0.2% 0.2% 0.9% 2.1%
North West £140,371 £188,294 0.4% -0.1% 3.6% 3.2%
South East £258,103 £375,336 0.7% 0.6% 1.5% 2.3%
South West £217,069 £296,633 2.0% 2.0% 3.9% 4.3%
West Midlands £162,999 £225,171 -2.5% -2.2% 0.1% 0.8%
Yorkshire and The Humber £136,117 £179,642 -3.9% -3.4% -1.3% -0.6%
England £207,917 £282,247 -0.2% -0.1% 2.0% 2.4%

7. Funding status

Cash and mortgage indicator for England by region

Region Average cash price March 2020 Average mortgage price March 2020 Cash monthly change Mortgage monthly change Cash annual change Mortgage annual change
London £514,310 £477,501 1.9% 1.1% 5.8% 4.4%
North East £115,536 £133,410 -1.2% -0.4% 1.2% 2.1%
East Midlands £188,844 £197,669 1.3% 0.1% 2.5% 2.0%
East of England £277,230 £298,224 0.4% -0.1% 2.1% 1.3%
North West £152,124 £173,687 -0.2% 0.3% 2.8% 3.7%
South East £308,800 £330,645 0.7% 0.6% 1.8% 2.0%
South West £260,334 £265,378 2.1% 2.0% 4.4% 3.9%
West Midlands £187,527 £199,817 -2.2% -2.4% 0.4% 0.5%
Yorkshire and The Humber £153,767 £162,092 -3.0% -3.9% -0.6% -1.1%
England £233,590 £255,688 0.1% -0.2% 2.3% 2.1%

8. Repossession sales volumes

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

Repossession sales volumes by government office region

Region Sales volume January 2020
East Midlands 55
East of England 12
London 53
North East 105
North West 143
South East 60
South West 35
West Midlands 62
Yorkshire and The Humber 107
England 632

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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